OTTAWA: Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Energy sectors led shares lower. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TO:SSL), which rose 5.15% or 0.290 points to trade at 5.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Hudson’s Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 4.63% or 0.44 points to end at 9.94 and North West Company Inc . (TO:NWC) was up 4.19% or 1.17 points to 29.10 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN), which fell 7.74% or 0.640 points to trade at 7.630 at the close. Stella-Jones Inc. (TO:SJ) declined 7.47% or 3.19 points to end at 39.50 and Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) was down 6.12% or 0.54 points to 8.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 599 to 525 and 141 ended unchanged. Shares in Stella-Jones Inc. (TO:SJ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.47% or 3.19 to 39.50. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.76% to 12.01.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.53% or 6.30 to $1202.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.52% or 0.27 to hit $52.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7586, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.7156. The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 101.53.
