Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Healthcare and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO), which rose 5.13% or 0.160 points to trade at 3.280 at the close. Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) added 4.61% or 0.83 points to end at 18.85 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) was up 4.60% or 0.220 points to 5.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY), which lost 9.20% or 0.930 points to trade at 9.180 in late trade. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) declined 7.89% or 0.52 points to end at 6.07 and Air Canada (TO:AC) shed 7.68% or 0.690 points to 8.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 825 to 325 and 121 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.05% to 19.85.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.55% or 7.30 to $1329.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.06% or 0.98 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.77% or 0.87 to trade at $48.17 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.51% to 0.7650, while CAD/EUR rose 0.36% to 0.6941.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.98% at 96.57.