Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG), which rose 4.36% or 0.69 points to trade at 16.50 at the close. Spartan Delta Corp (TSX:SDE) added 4.32% or 0.52 points to end at 12.55 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) was up 4.11% or 0.21 points to 5.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI), which lost 21.44% or 11.60 points to trade at 42.50 in late trade. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) declined 13.91% or 0.64 points to end at 3.96 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 12.32% or 0.52 points to 3.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 602 to 396 and 109 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 0.70% to 20.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 6.25 to $1,811.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.10 to hit $90.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.18 to trade at $96.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.35% to 0.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 106.17.