Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.31% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 24.97% or 7.37 points to trade at 36.88 at the close. Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) added 5.44% or 0.460 points to end at 8.920 and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) was up 5.21% or 2.95 points to 59.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA), which lost 10.84% or 4.680 points to trade at 38.500 in late trade. IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) declined 10.70% or 0.800 points to end at 6.680 and Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) shed 3.29% or 0.130 points to 3.820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 626 to 530 and 133 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 down 3.17% to 12.21.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.32% or 4.25 to $1345.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.26 to hit $42.76 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.40 to trade at $44.99 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.33% to 0.7625, while CAD/EUR rose 0.10% to 0.6861.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.09.