Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which rose 14.80% or 3.355 points to trade at 26.030 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) added 10.14% or 1.435 points to end at 15.585 and Home Capital Group Inc . (TSX:HCG) was up 8.73% or 1.78 points to 22.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which lost 8.87% or 0.56 points to trade at 5.75 in late trade. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) declined 6.98% or 0.28 points to end at 3.73 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) shed 5.93% or 0.40 points to 6.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 551 to 498 and 130 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 August delivery was up 1.14% or 22.00 to $1953.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.59% or 0.66 to hit $40.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.35 to trade at $43.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7481, while CAD/EUR rose 0.23% to 0.6383.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.700.