Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 8.06% or 1.32 points to trade at 17.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) added 7.69% or 0.180 points to end at 2.520 and Kirkland Lake Gold Inc . (TO:KLG) was up 7.39% or 0.52 points to 7.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which fell 5.49% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.240 at the close. Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI) declined 4.71% or 0.39 points to end at 7.89 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was down 4.62% or 0.30 points to 6.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 597 to 591 and 118 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 6.99% to 15.30.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.15% or 13.60 to $1192.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.78% or 0.82 to hit $46.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 0.71 to trade at $48.95 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.72% to 0.7448, while CAD/EUR rose 0.62% to 0.7025.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 101.28.