Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.63% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TO:SNC), which rose 6.54% or 2.29 points to trade at 37.30 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) added 5.80% or 0.260 points to end at 4.740 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 5.22% or 0.68 points to 13.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which lost 6.90% or 4.640 points to trade at 62.580 in late trade. Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS) declined 4.34% or 0.45 points to end at 9.91 and New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) shed 3.18% or 0.050 points to 1.520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 627 to 441 and 133 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 1.92% to 16.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.56% or 7.35 to $1310.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.23% or 1.16 to hit $53.15 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.01% or 1.20 to trade at $61.01 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7532, while CAD/EUR fell 0.15% to 0.6588.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.518.