Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Consumer Staples and Health Care sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc. (TO:SW), which rose 6.36% or 2.56 points to trade at 42.84 at the close. Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TO:SSO) added 4.93% or 0.36 points to end at 7.66 and Cameco Corporation (TO:CCO) was up 3.97% or 0.76 points to 19.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE), which lost 16.43% or 0.81 points to trade at 4.12 in late trade. Lightstream Resources Ltd (TO:LTS) declined 12.72% or 0.22 points to end at 1.51 and Capstone Mining Corp. (TO:CS) shed 11.81% or 0.170 points to 1.270.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 758 to 645 and 202 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 2.26% to 18.57.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.56% or 6.90 to $1234.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 4.51% or 2.38 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.18% or 1.29 to trade at $58.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.97% to 0.7944, while CAD/EUR fell 0.86% to 0.7021.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 94.85.