Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Methanex Corporation (TO:MX), which rose 4.80% or 1.80 points to trade at 39.31 at the close. Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) added 3.18% or 0.99 points to end at 32.12 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) was up 3.07% or 0.27 points to 9.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG), which lost 10.59% or 0.81 points to trade at 6.84 in late trade. Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG) declined 6.83% or 1.90 points to end at 25.91 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) shed 6.22% or 0.91 points to 13.72.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 600 to 549 and 140 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 0.71% to 14.19.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1342.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.18% or 0.56 to hit $47.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.64 to trade at $49.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.35% to 0.7746, while CAD/EUR rose 0.40% to 0.6850.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.48.