Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which rose 6.33% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.20 at the close. Stelco Holdings Inc (TSX:STLC) added 6.19% or 2.52 points to end at 43.23 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) was up 6.19% or 1.34 points to 22.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI), which lost 8.33% or 0.19 points to trade at 2.09 in late trade. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) declined 5.58% or 0.13 points to end at 2.20 and Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD) shed 3.65% or 0.53 points to 13.99.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 564 to 356 and 129 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 1.55% to 12.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.35 to $2,039.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.25% or 0.97 to hit $78.55 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.67 to trade at $82.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.07% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 103.74.