Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 10.34% or 0.210 points to trade at 2.240 at the close. Air Canada (TO:AC) added 8.33% or 2.060 points to end at 26.780 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) was up 7.75% or 0.590 points to 8.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Husky Energy Inc . (TO:HSE), which lost 2.55% or 0.56 points to trade at 21.23 in late trade. Brookfield Asset Management Inc (TO:BAMa) declined 2.51% or 1.43 points to end at 55.55 and Knight Therapeutics Inc (TO:GUD) shed 2.46% or 0.21 points to 8.33.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 588 to 503 and 136 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 1.13% to 13.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.56% or 6.70 to $1201.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.60% or 0.39 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.29 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7669, while CAD/EUR fell 0.73% to 0.6627.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 95.14.