Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Headwater Exploration Inc (TSX:HWX), which rose 4.81% or 0.33 points to trade at 7.19 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) added 4.69% or 4.26 points to end at 95.07 and Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:IMO) was up 4.36% or 3.95 points to 94.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bird Construction Inc . (TSX:BDT), which lost 7.42% or 1.92 points to trade at 23.94 in late trade. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) declined 6.30% or 10.31 points to end at 153.36 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) shed 5.71% or 4.49 points to 74.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 472 to 452 and 103 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 6.50% to 12.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 17.49 to $2,664.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.03% or 0.76 to hit $74.32 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.78 to trade at $77.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.27% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 108.50.