Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which rose 18.84% or 0.62 points to trade at 3.91 at the close. Air Canada (TO:AC) added 12.13% or 0.910 points to end at 8.410 and Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) was up 11.72% or 3.92 points to 37.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which lost 9.89% or 0.43 points to trade at 3.92 in late trade. Primero Mining Corp (TO:P) declined 9.83% or 0.230 points to end at 2.110 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) shed 9.59% or 0.40 points to 3.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 723 to 543 and 303 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 7.83% to 27.53.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 3.10% or 38.40 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.09% or 0.32 to hit $29.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.28% or 1.09 to trade at $32.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7200, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6465.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.93.