Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BELLUS Health Inc. (TSX:BLU), which rose 99.69% or 9.68 points to trade at 19.39 at the close. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) added 6.34% or 0.43 points to end at 7.21 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) was up 5.78% or 1.46 points to 26.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN), which lost 5.19% or 0.59 points to trade at 10.78 in late trade. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) declined 3.57% or 0.24 points to end at 6.49 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 3.54% or 0.07 points to 1.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 501 to 479 and 113 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 3.26% to 13.04 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.54% or 10.85 to $2,017.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $80.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $84.74 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.39% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 101.43.