Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 3.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Jamieson Wellness Inc (TSX:JWEL), which rose 3.45% or 1.04 points to trade at 31.18 at the close. Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:CPG) added 2.34% or 0.03 points to end at 1.31 and Enerflex Ltd . (TSX:EFX) was up 2.20% or 0.10 points to 4.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Martinrea International Inc . (TSX:MRE), which lost 9.51% or 0.75 points to trade at 7.14 in late trade. Ag Growth International Inc (TSX:AFN) declined 9.33% or 2.28 points to end at 22.17 and Lightspeed POS Inc (TSX:LSPD) shed 9.21% or 1.94 points to 19.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 798 to 248 and 96 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.70% or 12.05 to $1699.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 35.88% or 7.33 to hit $13.10 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 22.53% or 5.76 to trade at $19.81 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.32% to 0.7044, while CAD/EUR fell 0.28% to 0.6486.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.320.