Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, REITs and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI), which rose 7.30% or 2.85 points to trade at 41.88 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 7.19% or 0.21 points to end at 3.13 and NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) was up 5.49% or 0.19 points to 3.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 6.73% or 1.09 points to trade at 15.11 in late trade. Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) declined 4.76% or 0.26 points to end at 5.20 and ATS Corporation (TSX:ATS) shed 4.42% or 2.21 points to 47.78.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 496 to 455 and 114 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 5.93% to 10.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $2,176.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.63% or 0.52 to hit $81.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.69 to trade at $85.39 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.07% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 104.01.