Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.16% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD), which rose 6.41% or 0.38 points to trade at 6.31 at the close. Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) added 5.96% or 1.170 points to end at 20.810 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was up 5.11% or 0.34 points to 7.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NFI Group Inc (TO:NFI), which lost 4.54% or 1.52 points to trade at 31.96 in late trade. Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) declined 4.35% or 2.21 points to end at 48.57 and Air Canada (TO:AC) shed 3.96% or 1.320 points to 32.040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 638 to 435 and 119 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 1.50% to 13.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.84% or 10.90 to $1302.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $56.93 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $66.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.31% to 0.7488, while CAD/EUR fell 0.08% to 0.6630.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 96.912.