Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS), which rose 7.92% or 15.75 points to trade at 214.68 at the close. Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH) added 7.86% or 5.72 points to end at 78.50 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) was up 7.38% or 0.38 points to 5.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 4.85% or 0.620 points to trade at 12.160 in late trade. Cineplex Inc . (TSX:CGX) declined 3.23% or 0.32 points to end at 9.58 and B2Gold Corp (TSX:BTO) shed 3.08% or 0.27 points to 8.49.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 719 to 358 and 109 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 0.13% or 2.50 to $1976.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.70% or 0.30 to hit $42.91 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.49 to trade at $45.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7647, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6419.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 92.323.