Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were B2Gold Corp . (TO:BTO), which rose 10.27% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) added 9.59% or 0.40 points to end at 4.57 and Torex Gold Resources Inc . (TO:TXG) was up 9.32% or 0.110 points to 1.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which fell 7.76% or 0.91 points to trade at 10.82 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 7.75% or 0.82 points to end at 9.76 and HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) was down 7.01% or 0.59 points to 7.83.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 774 to 565 and 198 ended unchanged.
Shares in HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.01% or 0.59 to 7.83.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 16.30% to 16.05 a new 1-month high.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.00 to $1108.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.74% or 1.68 to hit $43.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.24% or 1.15 to trade at $49.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.85% to 0.7626, while CAD/EUR fell 1.05% to 0.6907.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.25.