Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE), which rose 34.09% or 0.150 points to trade at 0.590 at the close. MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY) added 11.13% or 2.80 points to end at 27.95 and Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:CPG) was up 11.06% or 0.22 points to 2.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM), which lost 8.62% or 2.40 points to trade at 25.43 in late trade. Alacer Gold Corp (TSX:ASR) declined 8.37% or 0.75 points to end at 8.21 and Pan American Silver Corp (TSX:PAAS) shed 7.16% or 2.96 points to 38.36.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 649 to 404 and 82 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 August delivery was down 0.99% or 17.35 to $1732.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 4.18% or 1.48 to hit $36.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.52% or 1.35 to trade at $39.67 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.41% to 0.7397, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.6626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 97.692.