Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.44% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which rose 8.40% or 1.08 points to trade at 13.93 at the close. Osisko Mining Corp (TSX:OSK) added 6.67% or 0.19 points to end at 3.04 and Stelco Holdings Inc (TSX:STLC) was up 5.74% or 2.61 points to 48.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI), which lost 3.04% or 1.09 points to trade at 34.78 in late trade. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) declined 2.63% or 0.060 points to end at 2.220 and Real Matters Inc (TSX:REAL) shed 1.46% or 0.18 points to 12.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 646 to 404 and 88 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.65 to $1807.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.21% or 2.11 to hit $67.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 2.17 to trade at $70.54 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.42% to 0.7940, while CAD/EUR rose 0.38% to 0.6755.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.920.