Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Spartan Delta Corp (TSX:SDE), which rose 7.18% or 0.99 points to trade at 14.78 at the close. Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) added 6.91% or 0.54 points to end at 8.35 and Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) was up 6.28% or 0.41 points to 6.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY), which lost 9.40% or 10.19 points to trade at 98.25 in late trade. Lumine Group Inc (TSXV:LMN) declined 7.05% or 1.10 points to end at 14.50 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 4.28% or 0.11 points to 2.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 500 to 473 and 112 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 4.67% to 16.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.96% or 18.95 to $1,990.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.80% or 0.58 to hit $73.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.49 to trade at $78.25 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.46% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.04% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 102.09.