Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which rose 4.61% or 3.36 points to trade at 76.22 at the close. goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY) added 2.49% or 4.67 points to end at 192.19 and Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSX:RCH) was up 2.34% or 0.92 points to 40.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS), which lost 6.14% or 0.61 points to trade at 9.33 in late trade. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) declined 5.97% or 0.20 points to end at 3.15 and Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB) shed 4.37% or 0.08 points to 1.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 539 to 417 and 86 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 4.20% to 8.67.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.60% or 13.95 to $2,330.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.23% or 1.00 to hit $80.63 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 1.15 to trade at $84.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.19% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 105.30.