Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, REITs and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.04% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 4.89% or 54.32 points to trade at 1164.72 at the close. WELL Health Technologies Corp (TSX:WELL) added 3.85% or 0.160 points to end at 4.320 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) was up 3.23% or 0.050 points to 1.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR), which lost 6.27% or 0.87 points to trade at 13.00 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) declined 5.09% or 1.71 points to end at 31.91 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) shed 4.74% or 0.22 points to 4.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 943 to 188 and 65 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 10.63% to 25.39 a new 3-year high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 6.55 to $1838.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.98% or 1.69 to hit $83.45 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.45 to trade at $85.63 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7912, while CAD/EUR fell 0.22% to 0.6989.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.900.