Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 2.15% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Painted Pony P (TO:PPY), which rose 2.43% or 0.18 points to trade at 7.59 at the close. Element Financial Corporation (TO:EFN) added 1.70% or 0.32 points to end at 19.19 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) was up 1.52% or 0.10 points to 6.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Major Drilling Group International (TO:MDI), which lost 5.82% or 0.38 points to trade at 6.15 in late trade. Surge Energy Inc. (TO:SGY) declined 5.57% or 0.210 points to end at 3.560 and Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (TO:BXE) shed 5.56% or 0.17 points to 2.89.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1081 to 360 and 200 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 16.63% to 14.52.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.49% or 5.70 to $1178.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.31% or 1.38 to hit $58.26 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 1.25 to trade at $62.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.58% to 0.8070, while CAD/EUR fell 1.24% to 0.7179.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.58% at 95.05.