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Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.42%

Published 09/02/2021, 19:25
Updated 09/02/2021, 19:25
© Reuters.  Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.42%

© Reuters. Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.42%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.42% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA), which rose 23.10% or 5.580 points to trade at 29.740 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) added 14.14% or 7.880 points to end at 63.600 and SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TSX:SNC) was up 9.85% or 2.25 points to 25.04 in late trade.

Biggest losers included BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which lost 4.18% or 0.73 points to trade at 16.74 in late trade. Whitecap Resources Inc . (TSX:WCP) declined 3.49% or 0.19 points to end at 5.26 and SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) shed 3.04% or 0.40 points to 12.77.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 529 to 512 and 109 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 April delivery was up 0.20% or 3.60 to $1837.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.67% or 0.39 to hit $58.36 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.39 to trade at $61.09 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.31% to 0.7873, while CAD/EUR fell 0.19% to 0.6501.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 90.477.

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