Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Martinrea International Inc. (TO:MRE), which rose 10.28% or 1.18 points to trade at 12.66 at the close. Athabasca Oil Corporation (TO:ATH) added 10.15% or 0.20 points to end at 2.17 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 6.11% or 1.24 points to 21.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Major Drilling Group International (TO:MDI), which lost 7.11% or 0.49 points to trade at 6.40 in late trade. Silver Wheaton Corp. (TO:SLW) declined 6.13% or 1.63 points to end at 24.97 and Lightstream Resources Ltd (TO:LTS) shed 6.03% or 0.07 points to 1.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 849 to 594 and 186 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was up 4.76% to 15.86.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.40% or 4.80 to $1203.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.48% or 0.73 to hit $50.33 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.46 to trade at $61.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.36% to 0.8006, while CAD/EUR rose 0.45% to 0.7165.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.45.