Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.30% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which rose 12.40% or 1.19 points to trade at 10.79 at the close. Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) added 11.24% or 3.2100 points to end at 31.7700 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was up 2.68% or 1.670 points to 64.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa), which lost 4.10% or 0.77 points to trade at 17.99 in late trade. Onex Corp (TO:ONEX) declined 3.17% or 2.52 points to end at 77.05 and WestJet Airlines Ltd (TO:WJA) shed 2.96% or 0.62 points to 20.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 608 to 446 and 133 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 14.14% to 11.29 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1288.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $56.30 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $65.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7484, while CAD/EUR fell 0.05% to 0.6621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 96.765.