Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.02% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which rose 5.04% or 0.65 points to trade at 13.54 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 4.22% or 0.42 points to end at 10.38 and Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC) was up 3.92% or 0.100 points to 2.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TO:KEL), which lost 4.76% or 0.300 points to trade at 6.000 in late trade. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 4.67% or 0.15 points to end at 3.06 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) shed 4.61% or 0.22 points to 4.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 532 to 517 and 148 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 1.55% to 13.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.70 to $1296.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.12% or 1.03 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 1.02 to trade at $51.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.15% to 0.7959, while CAD/EUR fell 0.25% to 0.6739.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.04.