Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.83% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA), which rose 4.66% or 0.56 points to trade at 12.57 at the close. Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH) added 4.66% or 1.36 points to end at 30.54 and Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT) was up 1.89% or 2.20 points to 118.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV), which lost 6.14% or 0.71 points to trade at 10.85 in late trade. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) declined 5.46% or 0.53 points to end at 9.17 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) shed 5.29% or 3.90 points to 69.87.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 660 to 289 and 99 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 10.46% to 10.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.27% or 6.35 to $2,333.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.37% or 0.29 to hit $78.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.34 to trade at $81.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 104.86.