Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI), which rose 15.23% or 10.21 points to trade at 77.24 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) added 8.85% or 1.000 points to end at 12.300 and Paramount Resources Ltd . (TSX:POU) was up 8.15% or 1.77 points to 23.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jamieson Wellness Inc (TSX:JWEL), which lost 2.39% or 0.97 points to trade at 39.70 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 1.56% or 0.45 points to end at 28.45 and Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa) shed 0.78% or 0.31 points to 39.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 772 to 252 and 100 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 18.15% to 13.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 5.45 to $1789.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.07% or 2.79 to hit $71.40 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.69% or 2.64 to trade at $74.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.19% to 0.7739, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.475.