Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.64% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were WestJet Airlines Ltd (TO:WJA), which rose 59.88% or 11.09 points to trade at 29.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) added 7.21% or 0.74 points to end at 11.00 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was up 7.04% or 0.42 points to 6.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which fell 7.52% or 4.790 points to trade at 58.900 at the close. Hexo Corp (TO:HEXO) declined 7.23% or 0.6900 points to end at 8.8600 and Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW) was down 6.89% or 1.31 points to 17.69.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 695 to 364 and 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in WestJet Airlines Ltd (TO:WJA) rose to 3-years highs; up 59.88% or 11.09 to 29.61.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 18.10% to 17.49 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.04% or 13.40 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.33% or 0.82 to hit $60.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $69.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7420, while CAD/EUR rose 0.03% to 0.6611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.160.
