Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD), which rose 10.39% or 2.93 points to trade at 31.13 at the close. Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) added 5.28% or 0.280 points to end at 5.580 and TFI International Inc (TO:TFII) was up 4.16% or 1.81 points to 45.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH), which lost 16.13% or 14.01 points to trade at 72.83 in late trade. CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU) declined 10.30% or 0.340 points to end at 2.960 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) shed 10.00% or 0.25 points to 2.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 750 to 384 and 91 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 7.09% to 18.35.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1203.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 7.99% or 4.79 to hit $55.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 7.17% or 5.03 to trade at $65.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7554, while CAD/EUR fell 0.54% to 0.6692.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 97.00.