Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.01% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP), which rose 6.26% or 1.51 points to trade at 25.65 at the close. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) added 6.19% or 0.34 points to end at 5.83 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) was up 3.26% or 0.69 points to 21.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which lost 27.84% or 0.76 points to trade at 1.97 in late trade. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 4.36% or 0.14 points to end at 3.07 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) shed 4.13% or 0.26 points to 6.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 574 to 527 and 137 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 5.73% to 11.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.73 to $1283.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.38 to trade at $57.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7903, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6727.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.74.