Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were South Bow Corp (TSX:SOBO), which rose 6.33% or 1.93 points to trade at 32.42 at the close. Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) added 3.93% or 0.29 points to end at 7.67 and Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI) was up 2.96% or 1.14 points to 39.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mattr Corp (TSX:MATR), which lost 10.52% or 1.47 points to trade at 12.51 in late trade. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV) declined 6.09% or 0.60 points to end at 9.25 and Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) shed 4.82% or 3.36 points to 66.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 509 to 391 and 106 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 2.37% to 10.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.00% or 26.55 to $2,639.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.41% or 3.40 to hit $73.74 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.37% or 3.54 to trade at $77.39 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 102.23.