Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.54% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which rose 7.35% or 1.49 points to trade at 21.76 at the close. Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TO:CNQ) added 3.00% or 1.15 points to end at 39.51 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was up 2.31% or 0.30 points to 13.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb), which lost 10.89% or 0.76 points to trade at 6.22 in late trade. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 10.36% or 0.940 points to end at 8.130 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) shed 7.54% or 0.190 points to 2.330.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 674 to 430 and 139 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 2.99% to 14.12.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.77% or 10.40 to $1344.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.96% or 0.63 to hit $64.92 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.43 to trade at $69.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7759, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6255.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 88.96.