Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 41.91% or 1.01 points to trade at 3.42 at the close. Restaurant Brands Intl (TSX:QSR) added 3.54% or 3.57 points to end at 104.44 and Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT) was up 2.71% or 3.24 points to 123.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN), which lost 9.51% or 1.96 points to trade at 18.66 in late trade. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) declined 9.19% or 1.06 points to end at 10.48 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 8.02% or 0.26 points to 2.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 621 to 353 and 88 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 6.58% to 14.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 2.36% or 55.65 to $2,302.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.31% or 1.08 to hit $81.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 1.23 to trade at $85.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.79% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.34% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 106.18.