Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS), which rose 10.59% or 8.06 points to trade at 84.18 at the close. Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) added 9.28% or 0.31 points to end at 3.65 and New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD) was up 6.75% or 0.260 points to 4.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG), which lost 26.45% or 3.55 points to trade at 9.87 in late trade. Knight Therapeutics Inc (TO:GUD) declined 3.65% or 0.29 points to end at 7.66 and Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ) shed 3.59% or 0.150 points to 4.030.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 640 to 483 and 136 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 1.06% to 12.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.68% or 9.00 to $1340.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.90% or 1.21 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 1.15 to trade at $70.18 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.17% to 0.8050, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.6545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.88.