Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG), which rose 5.37% or 0.39 points to trade at 7.65 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) added 4.59% or 0.33 points to end at 7.52 and Alamos Gold Inc (TSX:AGI) was up 4.53% or 0.80 points to 18.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA), which lost 6.40% or 0.74 points to trade at 10.82 in late trade. Capital Power Corporation (TSX:CPX) declined 6.32% or 2.46 points to end at 36.49 and George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) shed 5.66% or 9.32 points to 155.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 603 to 364 and 121 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 5.30% to 13.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.99% or 19.65 to $1,999.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $77.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.12 to trade at $82.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.47% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.48.