Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Real Estate and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.42% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 9.48% or 0.88 points to trade at 10.16 at the close. Colliers International Group Inc (TO:CIGI) added 7.79% or 6.79 points to end at 94.00 and Cameco Corp (TO:CCO) was up 6.07% or 0.82 points to 14.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Secure Energy Services Inc . (TO:SES), which lost 5.07% or 0.41 points to trade at 7.67 in late trade. Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) declined 4.95% or 8.510 points to end at 163.500 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) shed 4.59% or 0.21 points to 4.37.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 578 to 510 and 123 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 1.24% to 14.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.05% or 13.80 to $1305.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.56% or 1.07 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.77% or 1.32 to trade at $73.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7780, while CAD/EUR rose 0.62% to 0.6487.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.70% at 92.27.