Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT), which rose 14.63% or 0.12 points to trade at 0.94 at the close. Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) added 7.83% or 1.31 points to end at 18.04 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 7.80% or 2.72 points to 37.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH), which lost 4.59% or 2.60 points to trade at 54.03 in late trade. First Capital Realty Inc . (TO:FCR) declined 4.03% or 0.87 points to end at 20.71 and New Flyer Industries Inc (TO:NFI) shed 3.60% or 1.53 points to 41.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 410 to 401 and 104 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 4.05% to 15.63.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.42% or 5.30 to $1279.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.66% or 0.79 to hit $48.51 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.49 to trade at $49.46 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7749, while CAD/EUR fell 0.04% to 0.6848.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 94.53.