Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gibson Energy Inc . (TO:GEI), which rose 9.30% or 1.94 points to trade at 22.79 at the close. Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) added 7.24% or 12.750 points to end at 188.910 and Constellation Software Inc . (TO:CSU) was up 5.96% or 52.15 points to 927.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which lost 7.72% or 1.170 points to trade at 13.980 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) declined 7.01% or 5.180 points to end at 68.700 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) shed 6.08% or 1.210 points to 18.690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 702 to 402 and 136 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 7.39% to 17.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.20 to $1227.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $71.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.56 to trade at $81.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.38% to 0.7726, while CAD/EUR rose 0.39% to 0.6674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.78.