Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which rose 6.68% or 1.610 points to trade at 25.710 at the close. Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) added 5.91% or 0.41 points to end at 7.35 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) was up 4.95% or 0.43 points to 9.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 7.85% or 0.54 points to trade at 6.34 in late trade. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 7.42% or 0.270 points to end at 3.370 and Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) shed 5.58% or 0.48 points to 8.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 678 to 488 and 119 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 6.18% to 15.30.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.47% or 19.75 to $1358.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.41% or 2.16 to hit $46.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.85% or 1.93 to trade at $48.17 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.10% to 0.7699, while CAD/EUR fell 0.37% to 0.6952.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.69% at 96.27.