Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, REITs and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.60% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which rose 10.42% or 0.47 points to trade at 4.98 at the close. K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) added 10.38% or 0.49 points to end at 5.21 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) was up 10.02% or 0.42 points to 4.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ShawCor Ltd . (TSX:MATR), which lost 10.35% or 1.60 points to trade at 13.86 in late trade. CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE) declined 4.44% or 1.34 points to end at 28.87 and Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) shed 1.64% or 0.45 points to 27.03.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 760 to 231 and 96 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 7.29% to 13.35 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.85% or 16.55 to $1,966.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $82.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.83% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR fell 0.81% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.48% at 103.94.