Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 30.24% or 7.24 points to trade at 31.18 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) added 7.61% or 0.82 points to end at 11.59 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was up 7.18% or 0.150 points to 2.240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT), which lost 3.85% or 0.96 points to trade at 24.00 in late trade. Genworth MI Canada Inc . (TO:MIC) declined 3.78% or 1.10 points to end at 28.03 and Cameco Corp (TO:CCO) shed 3.68% or 0.38 points to 9.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 643 to 472 and 165 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 13.99% to 14.08.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.29% or 16.45 to $1289.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $46.81 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.28 to trade at $48.33 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7473, while CAD/EUR fell 0.52% to 0.6755.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.