Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which rose 32.90% or 5.050 points to trade at 20.400 at the close. Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) added 18.52% or 3.66 points to end at 23.42 and MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY) was up 15.36% or 2.81 points to 21.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSX:SVM), which lost 7.52% or 0.48 points to trade at 5.90 in late trade. Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI) declined 4.63% or 0.35 points to end at 7.21 and Cineplex Inc . (TSX:CGX) shed 4.37% or 0.65 points to 14.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 853 to 202 and 83 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 up 0.84% or 14.60 to $1749.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.09% or 0.03 to hit $31.68 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.31 to trade at $34.50 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7177, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 99.573.