Toronto stocks closed lower Monday, as investors were in a cautious mood ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 36.55, or 0.26%, to 13.809.86.

Nine of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down.

The energy index moved up a modest 0.15%.

Light, sweet crude for October delivery rose $1.47 at US$80.57 a barrel.

EnCana Corp. lost 30¢, or 0.47%, to $63.84.

The materials index fell 0.12%, while the gold sub-index fell 0.13%.

Gold futures climbed $6 to close at US$723.80 an ounce.

Iamgold Inc. rose 10¢, or 1.25%, to $8.13.

The information technology index gained 0.85%.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.20 of a cent to US97.24¢.

The S&P TSX Venture Exchange dipped 6.25, or 0.23%, to 2,749.28.

In New York, markets fell on thins trading ahead of the Fed’s interest rate decision.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.10, or 0.29%, to 13,403.42, the Nasdaq composite index fell 20.52, or 0.79%, to 2,581.66 and the S&P500 dropped 7.60, or 0.51%, to 1,476.65.