Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Utilities and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.59% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI), which rose 12.41% or 2.43 points to trade at 22.01 at the close. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) added 11.95% or 0.49 points to end at 4.59 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) was up 9.95% or 0.37 points to 4.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Home Capital Group Inc . (TSX:HCG), which lost 7.32% or 1.94 points to trade at 24.55 in late trade. Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) declined 6.03% or 0.59 points to end at 9.20 and Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) shed 5.15% or 1.06 points to 19.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 527 to 497 and 99 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 8.59% to 22.02 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 2.15% or 36.15 to $1,716.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.83% or 2.60 to hit $89.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.39% or 2.34 to trade at $95.58 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.54% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.02% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 109.49.