Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.15% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Spin Master Corp (TO:TOY), which rose 6.52% or 3.28 points to trade at 53.58 at the close. Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb) added 4.52% or 0.99 points to end at 22.87 and Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) was up 4.44% or 2.11 points to 49.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU), which lost 4.91% or 0.240 points to trade at 4.650 in late trade. Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU) declined 4.05% or 0.65 points to end at 15.41 and Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) shed 3.29% or 0.05 points to 1.47.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 616 to 467 and 137 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 down 1.45% to 12.92.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.27% or 3.50 to $1299.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $66.21 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.71 to trade at $75.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7682, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6539.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.81.