Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Colliers International Group Inc Bats (TSX:CIGI), which rose 11.96% or 10.06 points to trade at 94.20 at the close. Husky Energy Inc . (TSX:HSE) added 7.32% or 0.26 points to end at 3.81 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) was up 6.71% or 0.30 points to 4.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 9.41% or 0.545 points to trade at 5.245 in late trade. Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) declined 5.96% or 1.05 points to end at 16.56 and Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI) shed 4.66% or 1.15 points to 23.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 511 to 490 and 138 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 December delivery was up 0.21% or 3.95 to $1909.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.39% or 0.92 to hit $39.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 0.78 to trade at $41.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.31% to 0.7592, while CAD/EUR rose 0.30% to 0.6429.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 92.945.