Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG), which rose 4.13% or 0.51 points to trade at 12.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) added 3.82% or 0.850 points to end at 23.110 and TMX Group Limited (TO:X) was up 3.48% or 2.54 points to 75.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII), which fell 9.07% or 2.70 points to trade at 27.06 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) declined 5.89% or 0.55 points to end at 8.78 and Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) was down 5.29% or 0.48 points to 8.59.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 700 to 480 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in TMX Group Limited (TO:X) rose to all time highs; up 3.48% or 2.54 to 75.60.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 16.39% to 14.20 a new 1-month high.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.73% or 8.55 to $1181.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.96% or 2.14 to hit $51.85 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.98% or 2.27 to trade at $54.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7559, while CAD/EUR fell 0.29% to 0.7150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 101.95.