Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 3.12% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW), which rose 1.85% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.10 at the close. Nevsun Resources Ltd . (TO:NSU) added 0.82% or 0.030 points to end at 3.670 and Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa) was up 0.68% or 0.60 points to 88.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT), which lost 18.95% or 0.18 points to trade at 0.77 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) declined 13.95% or 0.18 points to end at 1.11 and Bankers Petroleum Ltd . (TO:BNK) shed 13.27% or 0.280 points to 1.830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1235 to 243 and 166 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 34.45% to 32.82 a new all time high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 5.80 to $1153.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 5.53% or 2.23 to hit $38.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 6.34% or 2.88 to trade at $42.58 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.70% to 0.7530, while CAD/EUR fell 2.54% to 0.6493.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.51% at 93.41.