Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Mining and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which rose 8.64% or 0.47 points to trade at 5.91 at the close. Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) added 8.53% or 0.58 points to end at 7.38 and Ensign Energy Services Inc . (TO:ESI) was up 7.15% or 0.48 points to 7.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intertape Polymer Group Inc . (TO:ITP), which lost 7.59% or 1.53 points to trade at 18.64 in late trade. Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust (TO:D_u) declined 4.73% or 0.95 points to end at 19.13 and Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC) shed 2.08% or 0.36 points to 16.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 548 to 261 and 100 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 6.82% to 16.81.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.65 to $1268.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.90% or 1.26 to hit $44.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.54% or 1.98 to trade at $45.61 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.40% to 0.7746, while CAD/EUR rose 0.47% to 0.6811.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.22.