Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 2.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW), which rose 14.39% or 0.19 points to trade at 1.51 at the close. Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust (TO:D_u) added 2.12% or 0.44 points to end at 21.19 and Smart REIT (TO:SRU_u) was up 1.97% or 0.58 points to 30.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which lost 10.11% or 1.62 points to trade at 14.40 in late trade. Sherritt International Corporation (TO:S) declined 8.99% or 0.08 points to end at 0.81 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) shed 8.10% or 0.51 points to 5.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 927 to 379 and 188 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 9.81% to 23.95.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.74% or 8.40 to $1124.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.58% or 0.74 to hit $46.22 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7538, while CAD/EUR rose 0.46% to 0.6775.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.50.