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 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which rose 5.26% or 0.81 points to trade at 16.21 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) added 3.98% or 0.99 points to end at 25.88 and Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) was up 2.71% or 0.12 points to 4.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 3.80% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.53 in late trade. Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) declined 3.61% or 0.96 points to end at 25.64 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) shed 3.12% or 0.30 points to 9.31.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 468 to 456 and 113 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 3.16% to 11.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 13.15 to $2,554.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.62% or 0.46 to hit $73.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.42 to trade at $77.24 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.27% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 101.23.