Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Industrials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Alamos Gold Inc. (TO:AGI), which rose 4.42% or 0.37 points to trade at 8.75 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (TO:GTE) added 4.34% or 0.180 points to end at 4.330 and Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS) was up 4.26% or 0.60 points to 14.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW), which lost 9.13% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.78 in late trade. Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE) declined 7.25% or 0.28 points to end at 3.58 and Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TO:TDG) shed 7.12% or 0.38 points to 4.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 787 to 650 and 193 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 up 9.46% to 15.04.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.69% or 8.20 to $1201.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.15% or 1.25 to hit $56.63 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.12% or 1.34 to trade at $62.10 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.8142, while CAD/EUR fell 0.38% to 0.7584.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 98.19.