Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Clean Technology and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT), which rose 3.15% or 3.16 points to trade at 103.38 at the close. Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ) added 1.95% or 0.47 points to end at 24.57 and Superior Plus Corp (TSX:SPB) was up 1.18% or 0.12 points to 10.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which lost 7.71% or 0.54 points to trade at 6.46 in late trade. Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL) declined 7.34% or 1.67 points to end at 21.09 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) shed 7.10% or 2.54 points to 33.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 744 to 253 and 86 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 8.63% to 12.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 9.90 to $1,934.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.87% or 1.54 to hit $80.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.52% or 1.31 to trade at $84.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.29% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.10.