Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.21% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 6.53% or 1.330 points to trade at 21.700 at the close. Parex Resources Inc (TO:PXT) added 4.55% or 0.860 points to end at 19.780 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) was up 4.11% or 0.380 points to 9.630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which lost 6.38% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.52 in late trade. New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) declined 5.45% or 0.060 points to end at 1.040 and Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAAS) shed 3.96% or 0.78 points to 18.93.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 602 to 465 and 138 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 up 1.71% to 14.87 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $67.52 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $77.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7597, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6551.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 95.12.