Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Telecoms and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.22% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL), which rose 5.00% or 1.970 points to trade at 41.400 at the close. Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) added 4.46% or 0.65 points to end at 15.24 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) was up 4.34% or 0.700 points to 16.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BRP Inc (TO:DOO), which lost 3.87% or 1.50 points to trade at 37.27 in late trade. Brookfield Business Partners LP (TO:BBU_u) declined 3.69% or 1.95 points to end at 50.87 and CannTrust Holdings Inc (TO:TRST) shed 3.56% or 0.3800 points to 10.2800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 543 to 513 and 141 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 1.66% to 12.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.60 to $1296.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.57% or 0.97 to hit $62.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $69.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7500, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6692.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.852.