Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Healthcare and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which rose 18.84% or 0.62 points to trade at 3.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Canada (TO:AC) added 12.13% or 0.910 points to end at 8.410 and Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) was up 11.72% or 3.92 points to 37.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which fell 9.89% or 0.43 points to trade at 3.92 at the close. Primero Mining Corp (TO:P) declined 9.83% or 0.230 points to end at 2.110 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) was down 9.59% or 0.40 points to 3.77.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 723 to 543 and 303 ended unchanged.
Shares in Primero Mining Corp (TO:P) fell to 5-year lows; down 9.83% or 0.230 to 2.110.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.83% to 27.53.
Gold for April delivery was down 3.10% or 38.40 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.09% or 0.32 to hit $29.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.28% or 1.09 to trade at $32.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7200, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6465.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.93.