Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Real Matters Inc (TSX:REAL), which rose 15.85% or 1.19 points to trade at 8.70 at the close. Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) added 12.32% or 5.20 points to end at 47.45 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) was up 9.58% or 4.58 points to 52.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atco Ltd (TSX:ACOx), which lost 2.67% or 1.13 points to trade at 41.25 in late trade. Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG) declined 0.99% or 0.09 points to end at 9.03 and Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE) shed 0.96% or 0.26 points to 26.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 813 to 225 and 98 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 5.99% to 14.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 6.40 to $1785.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.63% or 2.52 to hit $72.01 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.22% or 2.35 to trade at $75.43 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.78% to 0.7900, while CAD/EUR rose 1.07% to 0.7018.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.385.