Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, REITs and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE), which rose 4.78% or 0.80 points to trade at 17.55 at the close. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) added 2.24% or 40.79 points to end at 1860.42 and Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT) was up 1.99% or 3.47 points to 177.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP), which lost 7.60% or 1.99 points to trade at 24.20 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) declined 7.00% or 0.57 points to end at 7.63 and Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) shed 6.42% or 1.35 points to 19.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 945 to 153 and 72 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.39% or 7.15 to $1807.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 7.85% or 5.62 to hit $65.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 7.32% or 5.39 to trade at $68.20 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.15% to 0.7836, while CAD/EUR fell 1.04% to 0.6643.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 92.882.