Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Mining and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were B2Gold Corp . (TO:BTO), which rose 7.43% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.590 at the close. Meanwhile, Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) added 7.25% or 0.34 points to end at 5.03 and Primero Mining Corp (TO:P) was up 6.76% or 0.250 points to 3.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW), which fell 9.09% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.20 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE) declined 6.91% or 0.210 points to end at 2.830 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) was down 6.89% or 0.62 points to 8.38.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 783 to 560 and 166 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) fell to 5-year lows; falling 9.09% or 0.12 to 1.20. Shares in Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.89% or 0.62 to 8.38.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 7.84% to 17.33 a new 3-months high.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.39% or 4.30 to $1117.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.73% or 0.74 to hit $42.37 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.56 to trade at $48.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7640, while CAD/EUR rose 0.33% to 0.6896.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.83.