Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Mining and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which rose 5.06% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.87 at the close. Meanwhile, TransForce Inc . (TO:TFI) added 3.85% or 1.00 points to end at 26.96 and Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) was up 2.03% or 1.00 points to 50.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DH Corp (TO:DH), which fell 16.90% or 6.53 points to trade at 32.11 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) declined 7.83% or 0.44 points to end at 5.18 and Ensign Energy Services Inc . (TO:ESI) was down 7.23% or 0.64 points to 8.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 816 to 543 and 202 ended unchanged.
Shares in DH Corp (TO:DH) fell to 52-week lows; down 16.90% or 6.53 to 32.11.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 6.68% to 19.16.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1163.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.84% or 0.82 to hit $43.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.58 to trade at $47.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7596, while CAD/EUR fell 0.30% to 0.6873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 96.94.