Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which rose 7.03% or 0.32 points to trade at 4.87 at the close. Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) added 6.76% or 0.25 points to end at 3.95 and Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) was up 6.54% or 0.07 points to 1.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which lost 12.65% or 4.050 points to trade at 27.960 in late trade. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) declined 11.25% or 1.020 points to end at 8.050 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) shed 10.76% or 1.210 points to 10.040.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 651 to 462 and 117 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 1.84% to 15.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.77% or 10.40 to $1336.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.87% or 0.55 to hit $63.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.50 to trade at $68.14 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.83% to 0.7808, while CAD/EUR rose 1.10% to 0.6362.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.85.