Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.12% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE), which rose 2.66% or 0.25 points to trade at 9.65 at the close. Quebecor Inc Class B (TSX:QBRb) added 2.55% or 0.79 points to end at 31.79 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) was up 2.00% or 1.65 points to 84.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL), which lost 7.03% or 0.92 points to trade at 12.17 in late trade. Osisko Mining Corp (TSX:OSK) declined 6.92% or 0.22 points to end at 2.96 and SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) shed 6.92% or 0.46 points to 6.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 729 to 241 and 89 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 5.68% to 19.53 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.60% or 14.70 to $2,429.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $76.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.58% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 102.73.