Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ECN Capital Corp (TO:ECN), which rose 3.82% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.53 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) added 3.66% or 0.120 points to end at 3.400 and Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa) was up 3.36% or 0.78 points to 24.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which lost 5.34% or 0.67 points to trade at 11.88 in late trade. Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) declined 4.86% or 0.57 points to end at 11.17 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) shed 4.76% or 0.16 points to 3.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 673 to 464 and 117 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 0.81% to 14.91.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.03% or 13.70 to $1319.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.60% or 1.02 to hit $62.89 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.85 to trade at $66.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.72% to 0.7828, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6402.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 90.35.