Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which rose 32.48% or 8.34 points to trade at 34.02 at the close. Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) added 3.57% or 1.55 points to end at 45.00 and Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE) was up 1.97% or 0.61 points to 31.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TSX:LIF), which lost 17.73% or 8.85 points to trade at 41.06 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) declined 11.00% or 1.18 points to end at 9.55 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) shed 10.90% or 1.33 points to 10.87.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 741 to 319 and 81 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 down 2.01% to 19.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.50% or 29.80 to $1,955.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 6.61% or 7.23 to hit $102.10 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 5.88% or 6.62 to trade at $106.05 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.57% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR fell 0.94% to 0.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 99.04.