Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN), which rose 4.34% or 0.340 points to trade at 8.170 at the close. BRP Inc (TSX:DOO) added 4.20% or 2.67 points to end at 66.22 and TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII) was up 4.15% or 2.38 points to 59.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B2Gold Corp (TSX:BTO), which lost 6.95% or 0.66 points to trade at 8.84 in late trade. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) declined 4.50% or 0.19 points to end at 4.03 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) shed 3.63% or 0.25 points to 6.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 551 to 509 and 109 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 0.00% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 11.95 to $2010.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.86% or 0.37 to hit $42.52 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $45.05 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7595, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 92.300.