Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE), which rose 6.48% or 0.72 points to trade at 11.83 at the close. Aya Gold & Silver Inc (TSX:AYA) added 4.86% or 0.64 points to end at 13.80 and Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) was up 4.66% or 0.18 points to 4.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY), which lost 4.59% or 2.14 points to trade at 44.51 in late trade. Boyd Group Services Inc (TSX:BYD) declined 3.27% or 7.46 points to end at 220.61 and George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) shed 3.17% or 7.05 points to 215.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 503 to 427 and 100 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 0.57% to 10.67.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 21.20 to $2,635.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $69.26 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $73.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.43% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.12.