Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, IT and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which rose 15.15% or 1.280 points to trade at 9.730 at the close. Metro Inc . (TSX:MRU) added 5.11% or 3.09 points to end at 63.57 and Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) was up 4.68% or 0.78 points to 17.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD), which lost 4.32% or 0.64 points to trade at 14.19 in late trade. Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL) declined 3.57% or 0.72 points to end at 19.43 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) shed 3.41% or 0.75 points to 21.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 612 to 411 and 126 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 December delivery was down 0.24% or 4.65 to $1905.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.66% or 0.26 to hit $39.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.29 to trade at $41.73 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.7518, while CAD/EUR rose 0.59% to 0.6420.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.985.