Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.17% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO), which rose 5.62% or 0.450 points to trade at 8.460 at the close. Exchange Income Corporation (TSX:EIF) added 5.25% or 2.210 points to end at 44.290 and Semafo Inc . (TSX:SMF) was up 4.94% or 0.13 points to 2.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which lost 8.45% or 0.41 points to trade at 4.44 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) declined 6.28% or 0.130 points to end at 1.940 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 5.36% or 1.440 points to 25.430.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 556 to 497 and 119 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 8.20% to 10.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.65 to $1458.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $56.76 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.16 to trade at $62.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7554, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.195.