Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.30% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR), which rose 3.85% or 2.01 points to trade at 54.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc (TO:VRX) added 3.30% or 10.79 points to end at 337.49 and ONEX Corporation (TO:OCX) was up 2.91% or 2.05 points to 72.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which fell 14.10% or 0.66 points to trade at 4.02 at the close. Sherritt International Corporation (TO:S) declined 11.76% or 0.18 points to end at 1.35 and Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) was down 10.59% or 0.94 points to 7.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 1016 to 384 and 174 ended unchanged.
Shares in First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) fell to 3-years lows; falling 14.10% or 0.66 to 4.02. Shares in Sherritt International Corporation (TO:S) fell to all time lows; losing 11.76% or 0.18 to 1.35. Shares in Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) fell to all time lows; falling 10.59% or 0.94 to 7.94.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 8.69% to 14.01.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.53% or 5.80 to $1091.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.40% or 1.16 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.23% or 1.76 to trade at $52.85 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7673, while CAD/EUR fell 0.90% to 0.6916.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.74% at 96.62.