Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which rose 25.00% or 0.300 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Toromont Industries Ltd . (TO:TIH) added 9.79% or 4.88 points to end at 54.75 and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MDA) was up 5.05% or 3.30 points to 68.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 6.64% or 1.18 points to trade at 16.58 in late trade. Klondex Mines Ltd. (TO:KDX) declined 3.15% or 0.130 points to end at 4.000 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) shed 2.77% or 0.070 points to 2.460.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 581 to 518 and 115 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 5.83% to 12.75 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.27 to $1314.03 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.22 to trade at $51.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7984, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.28.