Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.47% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Intertape Polymer Group Inc . (TO:ITP), which rose 6.40% or 1.12 points to trade at 18.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Boyd Group Income Fund (TO:BYD_u) added 6.16% or 7.21 points to end at 124.19 and Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) was up 5.61% or 1.67 points to 31.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which fell 14.94% or 1.27 points to trade at 7.23 at the close. Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) declined 10.86% or 4.55 points to end at 37.35 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) was down 7.52% or 2.170 points to 26.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 660 to 409 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boyd Group Income Fund (TO:BYD_u) rose to all time highs; up 6.16% or 7.21 to 124.19.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.81% to 12.81.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.50% or 18.30 to $1200.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $72.76 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7617, while CAD/EUR rose 0.12% to 0.6677.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.16.
