Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SSR Mining Inc (TO:SSRM), which rose 12.33% or 1.26 points to trade at 11.48 at the close. Constellation Software Inc . (TO:CSU) added 6.90% or 50.87 points to end at 787.87 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) was up 4.63% or 0.64 points to 14.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which lost 7.22% or 0.45 points to trade at 5.78 in late trade. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) declined 6.82% or 0.210 points to end at 2.870 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) shed 6.58% or 0.91 points to 12.92.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 739 to 417 and 130 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 0.90% to 12.28 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.90 to $1338.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.67% or 0.43 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.95 to trade at $69.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.02% to 0.8047, while CAD/EUR rose 0.05% to 0.6563.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 90.21.