Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Utilities and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG), which rose 16.15% or 0.47 points to trade at 3.38 at the close. Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE) added 10.05% or 1.46 points to end at 15.99 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) was up 9.09% or 0.045 points to 0.540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Winpak Ltd. (TSX:WPK), which lost 9.11% or 4.48 points to trade at 44.70 in late trade. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TSX:WFT) declined 4.86% or 1.90 points to end at 37.17 and Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI) shed 4.43% or 0.31 points to 6.69.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 641 to 410 and 102 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 June delivery was up 0.12% or 2.10 to $1715.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 20.60% or 4.20 to hit $24.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 14.45% or 3.93 to trade at $31.13 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7118, while CAD/EUR rose 0.90% to 0.6565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 99.840.