Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.94% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX), which rose 11.16% or 0.56 points to trade at 5.58 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) added 10.44% or 0.88 points to end at 9.31 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) was up 9.55% or 0.42 points to 4.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb), which lost 8.94% or 5.91 points to trade at 60.17 in late trade. EQB Inc (TSX:EQB) declined 7.02% or 4.30 points to end at 56.96 and Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI) shed 6.82% or 0.21 points to 2.87.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 713 to 335 and 63 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 20.09% to 15.96 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 2.77% or 51.70 to $1,918.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.60% or 1.99 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $80.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.89% at 103.22.