Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Real Estate and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which rose 5.62% or 1.07 points to trade at 20.10 at the close. Northland Power Inc . (TSX:NPI) added 5.22% or 1.86 points to end at 37.50 and Brookfield Property Partners LP (TSX:BPY_u) was up 4.98% or 0.71 points to 14.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norbord Inc (TSX:OSB), which lost 3.70% or 1.62 points to trade at 42.18 in late trade. Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa) declined 3.03% or 0.50 points to end at 15.99 and Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL) shed 2.18% or 0.59 points to 26.49.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 586 to 457 and 118 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 down 0.08% or 1.65 to $1962.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.82% or 1.05 to hit $38.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.55% or 1.01 to trade at $40.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7580, while CAD/EUR rose 0.07% to 0.6398.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.123.