Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the REITs, Real Estate and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS), which rose 4.49% or 2.88 points to trade at 67.05 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) added 3.96% or 0.45 points to end at 11.82 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was up 2.66% or 0.070 points to 2.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI), which lost 7.27% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.06 in late trade. Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) declined 4.51% or 0.27 points to end at 5.72 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) shed 4.41% or 0.29 points to 6.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 634 to 429 and 128 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 0.09% to 10.74.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.92% or 11.85 to $1279.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.45% or 0.92 to hit $64.32 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7489, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 96.722.