Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP), which rose 7.05% or 1.51 points to trade at 22.93 at the close. Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) added 5.96% or 1.55 points to end at 27.54 and West Fraser Timber Co Ltd (TSX:WFG) was up 4.78% or 4.77 points to 104.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magna International Inc (TSX:MG), which lost 7.22% or 6.32 points to trade at 81.25 in late trade. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TSX:RBA) declined 4.38% or 3.60 points to end at 78.57 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) shed 4.01% or 0.86 points to 20.59.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 531 to 471 and 114 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 1.31% to 14.26 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 9.75 to $1,938.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.84% or 1.50 to hit $80.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.27% or 2.00 to trade at $86.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.12% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.70.