Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 18.67% or 4.530 points to trade at 28.800 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 17.60% or 2.490 points to end at 16.640 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 5.49% or 1.19 points to 22.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which lost 28.68% or 2.28 points to trade at 5.67 in late trade. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 8.11% or 0.980 points to end at 11.110 and Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX) shed 7.39% or 0.190 points to 2.380.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 714 to 479 and 93 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 2.18% to 18.79 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.83% or 11.10 to $1325.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.11% or 0.71 to hit $63.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.72 to trade at $66.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7991, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.6459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 89.58.