Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare , Energy and Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.93%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Nutrien Ltd (TSX: NTR ), which rose 5.45% or 3.81 points to trade at 73.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Parkland Fuel Corporation (TSX: PKI ) added 3.85% or 1.27 points to end at 34.25 and Canadian Tire Corp Ltd (TSX: CTCa ) was up 2.31% or 3.64 points to 160.93 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Orla Mining Ltd (TSX: OLA ), which fell 7.08% or 0.60 points to trade at 7.88 at the close. NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX: NG ) declined 6.60% or 0.33 points to end at 4.67 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX: BHC ) was down 6.41% or 0.73 points to 10.65.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 629 to 318 and 87 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.25% to 11.80.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.23% or 33.43 to $2,681.57 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.90% or 1.44 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.13 to trade at $80.89 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.35% to 0.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 109.65.