Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM), which rose 5.94% or 0.60 points to trade at 10.70 at the close. Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE) added 4.58% or 0.39 points to end at 8.90 and Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) was up 2.87% or 0.39 points to 13.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which lost 4.89% or 1.46 points to trade at 28.41 in late trade. Lundin Gold Inc (TSX:LUG) declined 4.82% or 1.71 points to end at 33.75 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) shed 4.48% or 0.94 points to 20.03.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 519 to 413 and 90 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 12.29% to 9.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.27% or 34.05 to $2,719.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $72.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 106.07.