Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 8.81% or 0.230 points to trade at 2.840 at the close. Freehold Royalties Ltd . (TO:FRU) added 8.03% or 1.00 points to end at 13.46 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 7.92% or 0.41 points to 5.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which lost 5.56% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.850 in late trade. New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) declined 3.56% or 0.110 points to end at 2.980 and Cogeco Communications Inc (TO:CCA) shed 3.37% or 2.43 points to 69.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 654 to 458 and 114 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 0.13% to 15.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.70 to $1343.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.50% or 2.22 to hit $65.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.51% or 2.41 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.63% to 0.7931, while CAD/EUR rose 0.45% to 0.6420.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.32.