Toronto stocks fell Monday, as a drop in commodity prices, in the aftermath of the just negotiated end of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon, put downward pressure on resource sectors.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 94.74, or 0.79%, to 11,850.16.

Six of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down, with the energy sector off 1.98% on the session.

Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell 82¢ to a low of US$73.53, after falling as much as US$72.60.

EnCana Corp. fell $1.14, or 1.88%, to $59.37.

The materials index fell 0.69%, and the gold sub-index 1.95%.

December gold ended down $5.10 at $639.10 an ounce.

Bema Gold Corp. fell 10¢, or 1.64%, to $5.98.

The Canadian dollar fell 0.22 of a cent to US88.77¢.

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index fell 26.07, or 0.99%, to 2,603.29.

In New York, lower commodity prices initially drove the market to a triple-digit gain in morning trading, but worries over a slowing economy erased much of that gain.

The Dow Jones industrial average finished 9.84 points higher to 11,097.87. The Nasdaq composite index added 11.33 points to 2,069.04, while the S&P 500 put on 1.47 points to 1,268.21.