Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, REITs and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG), which rose 5.94% or 0.87 points to trade at 15.51 at the close. K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) added 5.81% or 0.37 points to end at 6.74 and Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE) was up 4.95% or 0.25 points to 5.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 5.80% or 0.97 points to trade at 15.75 in late trade. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) declined 4.72% or 0.21 points to end at 4.24 and CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CRT_u) shed 3.67% or 0.51 points to 13.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 547 to 437 and 94 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 3.46% to 11.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.80% or 40.70 to $2,297.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.90% or 1.59 to hit $85.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.70 to trade at $89.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.19% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.53.