Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TO:NGD), which rose 4.17% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.250 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) added 3.45% or 0.080 points to end at 2.400 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) was up 3.40% or 2.15 points to 65.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Encana Corporation (TO:ECA), which lost 4.34% or 0.42 points to trade at 9.26 in late trade. CannTrust Holdings Inc (TO:TRST) declined 4.28% or 0.4400 points to end at 9.8400 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU) shed 3.63% or 0.110 points to 2.920.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 647 to 400 and 119 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 1.98% to 12.35.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.25 to $1308.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.17 to hit $64.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $70.76 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7503, while CAD/EUR fell 0.04% to 0.6659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.627.