Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO), which rose 8.35% or 4.37 points to trade at 56.73 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 5.34% or 1.64 points to end at 32.37 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was up 5.02% or 0.40 points to 8.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which lost 19.65% or 3.93 points to trade at 16.07 in late trade. Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) declined 6.15% or 1.12 points to end at 17.10 and First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) shed 5.18% or 0.39 points to 7.14.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 589 to 392 and 96 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 2.78% to 18.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 12.80 to $1,992.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 1.00 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.98 to trade at $85.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.03% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 106.54.