Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.19%

September 01, 2023 01:55 AM IST | By Investing
 Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.19%
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Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.19%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.19%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG), which rose 4.21% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.21 at the close. TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) added 4.20% or 1.42 points to end at 35.22 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) was up 4.04% or 0.64 points to 16.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 7.30% or 0.23 points to trade at 2.92 in late trade. Northland Power Inc . (TSX:NPI) declined 7.28% or 1.65 points to end at 21.00 and NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) shed 4.95% or 0.18 points to 3.46.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 496 to 469 and 103 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.95% to 11.46.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.58% or 12.45 to $2,172.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.56% or 1.26 to hit $81.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 1.22 to trade at $86.05 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.15% to 0.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.91.

This article first appeared in Investing.com


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