Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL), which rose 10.84% or 4.96 points to trade at 50.71 at the close. Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI) added 4.17% or 0.09 points to end at 2.25 and Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) was up 3.50% or 0.99 points to 29.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which lost 5.60% or 0.20 points to trade at 3.37 in late trade. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) declined 5.56% or 0.42 points to end at 7.14 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) shed 5.51% or 0.35 points to 6.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 519 to 420 and 126 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 4.87% to 11.53.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 2.65 to $2,161.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.62% or 0.51 to hit $82.67 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.41 to trade at $87.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.18% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 103.48.