Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT), which rose 9.66% or 0.60 points to trade at 6.81 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) added 6.43% or 0.57 points to end at 9.44 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 6.31% or 0.14 points to 2.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 9.29% or 0.29 points to trade at 2.83 in late trade. Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) declined 4.07% or 3.03 points to end at 71.36 and Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) shed 3.93% or 1.35 points to 33.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 493 to 477 and 99 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 4.02% to 11.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.85 to $2,035.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.05% or 1.45 to hit $72.22 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.43 to trade at $77.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.13% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 102.25.