Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Colliers International Group Inc Bats (TSX:CIGI), which rose 5.69% or 7.67 points to trade at 142.39 at the close. Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) added 4.35% or 2.99 points to end at 71.71 and Gibson Energy Inc . (TSX:GEI) was up 4.00% or 0.90 points to 23.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 20.35% or 5.05 points to trade at 19.79 in late trade. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) declined 10.62% or 4.10 points to end at 34.49 and IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) shed 8.60% or 0.35 points to 3.72.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 400 to 259 and 329 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 0.87% or 15.55 to $1776.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.85% or 1.19 to hit $65.68 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 1.28 to trade at $68.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.25% to 0.8123, while CAD/EUR rose 0.22% to 0.6765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 91.287.