Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 9.82% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Alamos Gold Inc (TSX:AGI), which rose 21.26% or 1.15 points to trade at 6.56 at the close. Semafo Inc . (TSX:SMF) added 19.17% or 0.370 points to end at 2.300 and Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TSX:SSL) was up 17.64% or 0.97 points to 6.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cineplex Inc . (TSX:CGX), which lost 54.29% or 11.08 points to trade at 9.33 in late trade. ShawCor Ltd . (TSX:SCL) declined 38.12% or 0.69 points to end at 1.12 and MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY) shed 36.26% or 13.20 points to 23.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1049 to 115 and 34 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 April delivery was down 0.96% or 14.55 to $1502.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 9.97% or 3.20 to hit $28.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 12.70% or 4.30 to trade at $29.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.25% to 0.7138, while CAD/EUR fell 1.95% to 0.6383.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.80% at 98.110.