Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.48% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which rose 12.26% or 1.52 points to trade at 13.92 at the close. Westport Fuel Systems Inc (TSX:WPRT) added 10.18% or 0.75 points to end at 8.12 and Inter Pipeline Ltd (TSX:IPL) was up 8.38% or 1.47 points to 19.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lightspeed POS Inc (TSX:LSPD), which lost 3.56% or 3.12 points to trade at 84.61 in late trade. OrganiGram Holdings Inc (TSX:OGI) declined 3.25% or 0.12 points to end at 3.57 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 2.78% or 0.840 points to 29.410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 673 to 383 and 103 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 0.14% or 2.65 to $1902.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.52% or 1.67 to hit $67.99 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.76% or 1.22 to trade at $70.54 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.02% to 0.8286, while CAD/EUR rose 0.05% to 0.6781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 89.870.