Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA), which rose 5.55% or 2.090 points to trade at 39.750 at the close. Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb) added 3.97% or 1.20 points to end at 31.46 and Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG) was up 3.81% or 0.17 points to 4.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which lost 14.29% or 1.33 points to trade at 7.98 in late trade. Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) declined 11.46% or 1.55 points to end at 11.98 and HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) shed 9.64% or 0.51 points to 4.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 534 to 289 and 84 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 29.25% to 18.03.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 2.26% or 29.25 to $1264.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.91% or 1.30 to hit $43.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.01% or 1.82 to trade at $43.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.32% to 0.7721, while CAD/EUR fell 0.16% to 0.6783.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 94.11.