Canada stocks

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.42%

Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Surge Energy Inc. (TO:SGY), which rose 14.40% or 0.540 points to trade at 4.290 at the close. Meanwhile, Sherritt International Corporation (TO:S) added 7.34% or 0.16 points to end at 2.34 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TO:FM) was up 6.61% or 1.16 points to 18.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE), which fell 6.96% or 0.27 points to trade at 3.61 at the close. Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) declined 5.18% or 4.81 points to end at 88.00 and Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT) was down 4.75% or 0.14 points to 2.81.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 751 to 694 and 191 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.10% to 13.30.

Gold for June delivery was up 2.25% or 26.40 to $1201.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.76% or 0.43 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.57 to trade at $64.71 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.76% to 0.8268, while CAD/EUR rose 0.64% to 0.7596.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 96.90.