Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP), which rose 14.58% or 1.21 points to trade at 9.51 at the close. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TSX:WFT) added 13.76% or 4.27 points to end at 35.30 and Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) was up 13.26% or 1.33 points to 11.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSX:FFH), which lost 7.02% or 29.77 points to trade at 394.30 in late trade. Extendicare Inc (TSX:EXE) declined 4.74% or 0.32 points to end at 6.43 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 4.72% or 1.160 points to 23.415.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 708 to 353 and 97 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.60 to $1722.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.94% or 0.12 to hit $12.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.19 to trade at $22.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.32% to 0.7148, while CAD/EUR rose 0.37% to 0.6603.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 99.995.