Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which rose 8.73% or 0.84 points to trade at 10.46 at the close. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 6.63% or 0.67 points to end at 10.78 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 6.54% or 1.73 points to 28.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which lost 5.79% or 0.730 points to trade at 11.870 in late trade. Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) declined 5.43% or 0.220 points to end at 3.830 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) shed 4.78% or 0.21 points to 4.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 572 to 564 and 146 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 1.16% to 11.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1246.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.31% or 0.76 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 1.14 to trade at $63.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7771, while CAD/EUR rose 0.12% to 0.6615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 94.02.