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.