Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TSX:SNC), which rose 12.35% or 1.97 points to trade at 17.92 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) added 6.71% or 0.31 points to end at 4.93 and Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES) was up 6.28% or 0.37 points to 6.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which lost 6.16% or 29.070 points to trade at 442.980 in late trade. Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TSX:KL) declined 5.13% or 3.165 points to end at 58.515 and Restaurant Brands Intl (TSX:QSR) shed 4.18% or 4.12 points to 94.47.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 634 to 417 and 121 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 3.70% to 12.48 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.16% or 17.50 to $1493.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $62.72 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7607, while CAD/EUR rose 0.05% to 0.6887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 98.252.