Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, IT and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which rose 2.78% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.430 at the close. Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TO:MFI) added 2.61% or 0.76 points to end at 29.89 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) was up 2.32% or 0.11 points to 4.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD), which lost 25.38% or 1.320 points to trade at 3.880 in late trade. Surge Energy Inc . (TO:SGY) declined 6.31% or 0.190 points to end at 2.820 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) shed 5.90% or 0.99 points to 15.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 771 to 414 and 115 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 up 22.40% to 13.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.51% or 6.05 to $1197.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.92% or 0.49 to hit $52.68 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.30 to trade at $55.40 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.30% to 0.7626, while CAD/EUR rose 0.30% to 0.7129.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.41.