Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Staples and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 4.14% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.76 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB) added 3.64% or 0.16 points to end at 4.56 and TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) was up 3.53% or 0.70 points to 20.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Air Canada (TSX:AC), which lost 9.35% or 2.33 points to trade at 22.59 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) declined 5.04% or 5.21 points to end at 98.15 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) shed 4.34% or 0.36 points to 7.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 620 to 333 and 79 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 up 4.26% to 8.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.31% or 8.25 to $2,661.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.19% or 0.84 to hit $69.87 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.54 to trade at $73.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.48% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.27% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.67.