Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 9.06% or 0.59 points to trade at 7.10 at the close. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) added 8.72% or 1.29 points to end at 16.09 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 8.41% or 1.06 points to 13.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 21.91% or 5.59 points to trade at 19.92 in late trade. Stella-Jones Inc. (TO:SJ) declined 7.52% or 3.61 points to end at 44.37 and Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (TO:CMG) shed 6.31% or 0.61 points to 9.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 587 to 536 and 151 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 down 7.57% to 15.75.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1276.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.36% or 0.16 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.38 to trade at $45.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.59% to 0.7525, while CAD/EUR rose 0.77% to 0.6830.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 97.93.