Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC), which rose 9.16% or 2.88 points to trade at 34.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) added 5.91% or 0.27 points to end at 4.84 and Air Canada (TO:AC) was up 4.94% or 1.660 points to 35.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which fell 7.84% or 3.83 points to trade at 45.01 at the close. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ) declined 6.37% or 0.130 points to end at 1.910 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) was down 4.57% or 0.100 points to 2.090.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 546 to 456 and 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ) fell to 5-year lows; down 6.37% or 0.130 to 1.910. Shares in Air Canada (TO:AC) rose to all time highs; rising 4.94% or 1.660 to 35.280.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.53% to 12.01.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.95 to $1282.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.94% or 0.58 to hit $62.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.46 to trade at $70.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7431, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.292.
