Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TO:GTE), which rose 4.59% or 0.180 points to trade at 4.100 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) added 4.07% or 0.36 points to end at 9.20 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) was up 3.76% or 0.830 points to 22.910 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb), which lost 4.99% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.09 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 4.52% or 0.90 points to end at 19.01 and Nevsun Resources Ltd (TO:NSU) shed 3.94% or 0.170 points to 4.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 691 to 430 and 115 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 3.86% to 13.17.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.30 to $1299.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.53% or 1.04 to hit $66.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.16 to trade at $75.48 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.16% to 0.7683, while CAD/EUR rose 0.59% to 0.6660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.81.