Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.21% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 6.53% or 1.330 points to trade at 21.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Parex Resources Inc (TO:PXT) added 4.55% or 0.860 points to end at 19.780 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) was up 4.11% or 0.380 points to 9.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which fell 6.38% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.52 at the close. New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) declined 5.45% or 0.060 points to end at 1.040 and Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAAS) was down 3.96% or 0.78 points to 18.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 602 to 465 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.45% or 0.060 to 1.040.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.71% to 14.87 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $67.52 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $77.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7599, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 95.12.
