Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Real Estate and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb), which rose 8.62% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.630 at the close. Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG) added 5.76% or 0.72 points to end at 13.22 and Martinrea International Inc . (TSX:MRE) was up 5.37% or 0.61 points to 11.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ShawCor Ltd . (TSX:SCL), which lost 16.76% or 0.86 points to trade at 4.27 in late trade. Air Canada (TSX:AC) declined 10.18% or 2.38 points to end at 21.01 and Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE) shed 9.57% or 0.090 points to 0.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 692 to 364 and 99 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 August delivery was up 0.92% or 15.65 to $1720.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.60% or 0.61 to hit $38.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.22 to trade at $41.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7460, while CAD/EUR fell 0.48% to 0.6582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.382.