Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which rose 10.84% or 2.88 points to trade at 29.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) added 6.46% or 1.140 points to end at 18.800 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was up 5.40% or 0.72 points to 14.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD), which fell 7.27% or 0.25 points to trade at 3.19 at the close. Cameco Corp (TO:CCO) declined 7.19% or 0.91 points to end at 11.74 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was down 6.70% or 0.38 points to 5.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 652 to 474 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.46% or 1.140 to 18.800.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 16.98% to 7.48 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 6.30 to $1293.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.80% or 1.06 to hit $57.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.31 to trade at $63.78 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7840, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.6584.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 92.84.