Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which rose 10.84% or 0.38 points to trade at 3.83 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TO:GTE) added 8.31% or 0.370 points to end at 4.820 and Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU) was up 6.84% or 0.91 points to 14.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included New Gold Inc (TO:NGD), which lost 16.28% or 0.210 points to trade at 1.080 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 7.10% or 1.22 points to end at 15.96 and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR) shed 5.46% or 2.60 points to 45.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 571 to 506 and 151 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 3.05% to 13.17.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 1.90 to $1203.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.08% or 1.47 to hit $72.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.20% or 2.50 to trade at $80.74 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.7725, while CAD/EUR fell 0.26% to 0.6572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.83.