Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR), which rose 8.21% or 0.27 points to trade at 3.56 at the close. Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) added 5.21% or 9.920 points to end at 200.280 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) was up 4.80% or 2.14 points to 46.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which lost 12.37% or 2.54 points to trade at 18.00 in late trade. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TO:ATDb) declined 6.45% or 4.11 points to end at 59.60 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) shed 6.44% or 0.620 points to 9.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 599 to 513 and 128 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 1.26% to 12.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 7.80 to $1310.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.29% or 1.42 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.01% or 1.33 to trade at $67.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7644, while CAD/EUR rose 0.73% to 0.6243.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 90.01.