Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.19% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Nevsun Resources Ltd (TO:NSU), which rose 16.75% or 0.640 points to trade at 4.460 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) added 8.88% or 0.650 points to end at 7.970 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 8.87% or 2.08 points to 25.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which lost 10.67% or 2.57 points to trade at 21.51 in late trade. WestJet Airlines Ltd (TO:WJA) declined 9.77% or 2.16 points to end at 19.94 and Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII) shed 5.14% or 0.89 points to 16.41.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 545 to 534 and 139 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 0.37% to 13.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1314.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.43% or 1.01 to hit $69.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.51 to trade at $75.66 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.54% to 0.7721, while CAD/EUR fell 0.05% to 0.6508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 92.94.