Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.28% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which rose 3.62% or 2.13 points to trade at 60.99 at the close. Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW) added 3.36% or 0.75 points to end at 23.08 and goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY) was up 3.05% or 4.89 points to 164.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG), which lost 6.72% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.33 in late trade. TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) declined 6.03% or 0.56 points to end at 8.72 and Osisko Mining Corp (TSX:OSK) shed 5.59% or 0.16 points to 2.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 492 to 439 and 121 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 3.98% to 11.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.19% or 26.05 to $2,162.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $77.87 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $82.18 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.07% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 102.53.