Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Telecoms and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which rose 4.63% or 0.94 points to trade at 21.25 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) added 4.33% or 4.05 points to end at 97.68 and Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE) was up 4.25% or 0.24 points to 5.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 12.30% or 0.55 points to trade at 3.92 in late trade. Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) declined 3.42% or 0.84 points to end at 23.74 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) shed 3.17% or 1.62 points to 49.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 502 to 481 and 123 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 1.58% to 11.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 11.55 to $1,935.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.83% or 1.60 to hit $88.89 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.49 to trade at $92.13 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.26% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.31.