, Jun. 22, 2009 (Resource News International) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)closed lower
on Monday, with the biggest losses in the energy and materials
groups. Fears of a continued recession brought about the biggest
decline so far this year, according to market watchers.
The TSX composite index decreased by 453.77 points or 4.41% to
close at 9,834.18 on Monday. Trading volumes totaled 453.77 million
shares, down from 558.5 million on Friday. Declines beat advances
1200 to 359.
All of the TSX's ten sectoral indexes ended lower.
Some of the most actively traded stocks included:
Manulife Financial--------------- dn 12.17% ----- at $ 20.42
Lundin Mining-------------------- dn 1.82% ----- at $ 3.24
Some of the largest price changes included:
Major Drilling Group Intl.------- dn 13.01% ----- at $ 18.45
FNX Mining Company--------------- dn 12.34% ----- at $ 7.67
Canada's agricultural sector faired as follows:
Agrium Incorporated-------------- dn $ 2.61 ----- at $ 44.92
Buhler Industries---------------- $ 0.00 ----- at $ 5.35
Maple Leaf Foods----------------- dn $ 0.09 ----- at $ 8.39
Potash Corp. of Sask.------------ dn $ 5.05 ----- at $100.85
Viterra Inc.--------------------- dn $ 0.11 ----- at $ 9.74
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
