Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON), which rose 6.15% or 0.5300 points to trade at 9.1500 at the close. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) added 5.95% or 26.210 points to end at 466.420 and Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG) was up 5.47% or 0.55 points to 10.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which lost 6.14% or 0.75 points to trade at 11.46 in late trade. FirstService Corp (TSX:FSV) declined 4.74% or 6.02 points to end at 120.94 and Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) shed 4.51% or 2.19 points to 46.41.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 691 to 356 and 130 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 28.47% to 14.80 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.95% or 13.90 to $1483.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $60.93 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7520, while CAD/EUR rose 0.08% to 0.6786.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.690.