Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.10% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which rose 17.35% or 2.27 points to trade at 15.35 at the close. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) added 10.15% or 2.57 points to end at 27.89 and Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) was up 7.98% or 0.15 points to 2.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GENIVAR Inc . (TSX:WSP), which lost 3.46% or 5.17 points to trade at 144.08 in late trade. Corus Entertainment Inc (TSX:CJRb) declined 3.42% or 0.08 points to end at 2.26 and Boyd Group Income Fund (TSX:BYD) shed 3.16% or 5.70 points to 174.47.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 523 to 493 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 up 0.59% to 22.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.55 to $1,635.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.33% or 1.79 to hit $78.50 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.38% or 1.97 to trade at $84.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 114.13.