Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.46% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO), which rose 6.13% or 5.52 points to trade at 95.52 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) added 4.33% or 0.440 points to end at 10.590 and Manulife Financial Corporation (TSX:MFC) was up 4.18% or 1.04 points to 25.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI), which lost 9.89% or 2.54 points to trade at 23.15 in late trade. Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) declined 5.86% or 2.46 points to end at 39.55 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) shed 4.15% or 0.290 points to 6.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 544 to 462 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 4.16% to 12.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.71% or 13.20 to $1853.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $79.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.44 to trade at $82.49 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7965, while CAD/EUR rose 0.11% to 0.7032.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 95.860.