Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO), which rose 16.11% or 0.3400 points to trade at 2.4500 at the close. Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA) added 12.92% or 0.650 points to end at 5.680 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) was up 9.08% or 0.7400 points to 8.8900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 9.93% or 0.950 points to trade at 8.620 in late trade. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TSX:SNC) declined 6.04% or 1.61 points to end at 25.04 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 6.02% or 0.160 points to 2.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 565 to 491 and 118 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.08% to 10.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.80 to $1472.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.17% or 1.81 to hit $55.33 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.56% or 1.60 to trade at $60.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.46% to 0.7537, while CAD/EUR fell 0.48% to 0.6804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.730.