Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the REITs, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.22% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL), which rose 12.95% or 2.57 points to trade at 22.41 at the close. Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) added 5.02% or 1.03 points to end at 21.54 and Enerplus Corporation (TSX:ERF) was up 4.71% or 0.14 points to 3.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE), which lost 6.62% or 2.08 points to trade at 29.32 in late trade. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) declined 3.57% or 0.32 points to end at 8.64 and Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY) shed 3.53% or 1.09 points to 29.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 526 to 492 and 103 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 2.35 to $1885.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $41.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.05 to trade at $43.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7648, while CAD/EUR fell 0.10% to 0.6444.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 92.388.