The materials sector, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 0.7% as gold futures fell 0.3% to $1,799.9 an ounce
Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 53.03 points, or 0.25%, at 20,875.07, weighed down by a more than 1% slide in healthcare stocks
Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 145.84 points, or 0.72%, at 20,337.5, led by a more than 1% jump in both technology and consumer discretionary stocks
Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 95.19 points, or 0.47%, at 20,088.24, a day after marking its best daily performance in nearly two weeks