Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Clean Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG), which rose 15.11% or 0.47 points to trade at 3.58 at the close. Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) added 6.84% or 2.11 points to end at 32.98 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) was up 6.71% or 0.47 points to 7.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BRP Inc (TSX:DOO), which lost 4.29% or 4.06 points to trade at 90.49 in late trade. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) declined 3.38% or 1.44 points to end at 41.20 and Mattr Corp (TSX:MATR) shed 3.23% or 0.52 points to 15.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 617 to 351 and 100 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 1.91% to 12.25.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 7.65 to $2,029.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $74.50 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.33 to trade at $79.73 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.41% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.34.