Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.07% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON), which rose 6.67% or 1.7800 points to trade at 28.4800 at the close. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) added 6.55% or 0.15 points to end at 2.44 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) was up 6.36% or 0.61 points to 10.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP), which lost 9.42% or 1.49 points to trade at 14.33 in late trade. Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) declined 7.63% or 1.24 points to end at 15.02 and Husky Energy Inc . (TO:HSE) shed 7.51% or 1.20 points to 14.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 610 to 461 and 140 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 down 0.15% to 13.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 1.55 to $1331.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.90% or 0.50 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $65.79 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7594, while CAD/EUR rose 0.14% to 0.6669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 95.933.