Toronto stocks fell for the fifth straight session, tumbling on lower oil and commodity prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index lost 132.20 points , or 1.13%, to 11,519.49.

Volume on the senior exchange was 330 million shares.

Nine of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down, with only the health care group remaining in the black, up a mere 0.07%.

The metals and mining group fell 3.8% as investors took profits following the recent run-up in prices; golds dropped 2.5%.

Gold for April delivery fell $11.40 at US$542.10 an ounce.

Bema Gold Corp. fell back 13¢, or 2.9%, to $4.35.

The energy index was off 1.68%. The benchmark March crude oil contract closed down 60¢ at US$61.24 a barrel in New York trading.

Petro Canada fell 49¢, or 0.93%, to $52.01.



The Canadian dollar slipped 0.14 of a cent to US86.53¢.

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index dropped 92.42 points, or 3.65%, to 2,439.81.

In New York, inflation and interest-rate worries, after a Fed official said economic growth appeared to be picking up, and a negative report about Google Inc. sent the markets lower.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 26.73 points to 10,892.32, the Nasdaq closed down 22.07 points at 2,239.81, while the S&P 500 dropped 4.13 points to 1,262.86.