Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Toromont Industries Ltd . (TO:TIH), which rose 11.07% or 4.97 points to trade at 49.87 at the close. Meanwhile, First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) added 7.92% or 0.64 points to end at 8.72 and Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) was up 6.47% or 0.280 points to 4.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ShawCor Ltd . (TO:SCL), which fell 4.98% or 1.28 points to trade at 24.40 at the close. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 4.23% or 0.13 points to end at 2.94 and TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:TOG) was down 3.72% or 0.19 points to 4.92.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 586 to 515 and 115 ended unchanged.
Shares in ShawCor Ltd. (TO:SCL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.98% or 1.28 to 24.40.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 9.23% to 13.61 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.36% or 17.60 to $1315.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.38% or 1.14 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.46 to trade at $51.52 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.24% to 0.7998, while CAD/EUR fell 0.57% to 0.6677.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.19.