Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Monday. The top gainers were Capped Consumer Staples, Capped Real Estate and Capped Communication Services indices. The top fallers were Capped Materials, Capped Information Technology and Capped Utilities.At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index dropped 0.57%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also down. The TSX Venture fell 1.65%, while the Smallcap was down by 1.12%.
Top Gainers:
- Gfl Environmental (TSX:GFL): Increased 2.77% or 1.68 points to 62.26.
- Bausch Health (TSX:BHC): Rose 2.52% or 0.28 points to 11.38.
- Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI): Climbed 1.98% or 0.42 points to 21.68.
Top Losers:
- TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA): Dropped 14.63% or 2.83 points to 16.52.
- Celestica Inc (TSX:CLS).: Fell 12.78% or 22.32 points to 152.36.
- Capital Power (TSX:CPX): Declined 11.25% or 6.87 points to 54.19.
In Commodities Trading:
- April Brent Oil Contract dropped by 0.25% or 0.19 points to 77.36 a barrel.
- Crude Oil for March delivery fell 0.27 points to 74.39 a barrel.
- Gold Futures for April delivery declined 28.11 points to 2,778.49 a troy ounce.
Currency Markets:
- USD/CAD is stable at 1.4383.
- EUR/CAD is trading at 1.5115.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 107.090.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic calendar for Canada has the Wholesale Sales for December in focus.
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