Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which rose 10.21% or 1.45 points to trade at 15.65 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) added 10.06% or 1.45 points to end at 15.87 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) was up 8.96% or 0.640 points to 7.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC), which lost 12.86% or 1.50 points to trade at 10.16 in late trade. Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) declined 7.07% or 1.40 points to end at 18.40 and Aimia Inc (TO:AIM) shed 4.41% or 0.40 points to 8.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 637 to 519 and 144 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 8.96% to 12.91.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.21% or 2.50 to $1187.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.25% or 1.17 to hit $50.79 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.37% or 1.30 to trade at $53.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7557, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.7156.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 101.98.