Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM), which rose 7.70% or 0.49 points to trade at 6.85 at the close. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) added 6.77% or 0.17 points to end at 2.68 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) was up 5.23% or 0.37 points to 7.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sienna Senior Living Inc (TSX:SIA), which lost 3.28% or 0.51 points to trade at 15.02 in late trade. CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:CEU) declined 2.54% or 0.20 points to end at 7.66 and Boyd Group Services Inc (TSX:BYD) shed 2.24% or 5.03 points to 219.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 626 to 301 and 96 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 11.53% to 12.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 2.20 to $2,506.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.91% or 1.53 to hit $78.53 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 1.44 to trade at $80.86 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.36% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 102.40.