Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP), which rose 8.72% or 2.07 points to trade at 25.82 at the close. Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) added 7.84% or 1.46 points to end at 20.09 and Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF) was up 6.47% or 0.13 points to 2.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT), which lost 9.45% or 0.24 points to trade at 2.30 in late trade. Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) declined 7.34% or 0.58 points to end at 7.32 and Trilogy Energy Corp (TO:TET) shed 7.17% or 0.57 points to 7.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 795 to 689 and 189 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 3.10% to 12.83.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.63% or 20.00 to $1207.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.59% or 2.16 to hit $58.08 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.15% or 2.08 to trade at $64.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.55% to 0.8179, while CAD/EUR rose 0.94% to 0.7336.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.22% at 95.37.