Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.28% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT), which rose 2.18% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.45 at the close. Suncor Energy Inc (TSX:SU) added 1.91% or 0.85 points to end at 45.44 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) was up 1.75% or 0.43 points to 24.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE), which lost 8.97% or 0.56 points to trade at 5.68 in late trade. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) declined 8.94% or 0.74 points to end at 7.54 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 6.67% or 0.27 points to 3.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 830 to 197 and 103 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 13.65% to 14.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.34% or 6.35 to $1,843.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.54% or 0.41 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.26 to trade at $82.81 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.61% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.22% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 104.14.