Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Clean Technology, Industrials and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which rose 4.61% or 0.72 points to trade at 16.35 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) added 3.37% or 0.14 points to end at 4.30 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) was up 3.30% or 0.16 points to 5.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LifeWorks Inc (TSX:LWRK), which lost 5.03% or 1.41 points to trade at 26.61 in late trade. Superior Plus Corp (TSX:SPB) declined 5.02% or 0.74 points to end at 14.00 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) shed 4.97% or 1.19 points to 22.76.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 602 to 412 and 107 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 4.75% to 12.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.65 to $1869.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $79.69 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $82.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.7992, while CAD/EUR rose 0.86% to 0.7017.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.390.