Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were West Fraser Timber Co Ltd (TSX:WFG), which rose 4.88% or 5.32 points to trade at 114.25 at the close. Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB) added 4.80% or 1.52 points to end at 33.19 and H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:HR_u) was up 4.73% or 0.56 points to 12.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL), which lost 6.71% or 0.60 points to trade at 8.34 in late trade. Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) declined 6.37% or 1.89 points to end at 27.76 and Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX:EDR) shed 5.74% or 0.27 points to 4.43.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 603 to 443 and 90 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 up 0.99% to 20.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 5.25 to $1,782.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.19% or 1.02 to hit $86.89 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.65 to trade at $93.79 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.12% to 0.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 106.37.