Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.25% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 17.24% or 2.66 points to trade at 18.09 at the close. Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) added 7.55% or 1.310 points to end at 18.650 and Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TO:CAR_u) was up 4.33% or 1.51 points to 36.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which lost 18.86% or 3.290 points to trade at 14.150 in late trade. Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) declined 7.80% or 0.48 points to end at 5.67 and Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD) shed 6.39% or 1.280 points to 18.740.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 597 to 527 and 132 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 14.76% to 11.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.39% or 5.02 to $1276.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.52 to trade at $63.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.56% to 0.7827, while CAD/EUR fell 0.38% to 0.6753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.80.