Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL), which rose 6.34% or 2.635 points to trade at 44.175 at the close. Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TO:WTE) added 5.48% or 1.14 points to end at 21.96 and Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) was up 5.14% or 0.18 points to 3.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG), which lost 12.56% or 0.490 points to trade at 3.410 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM) declined 11.42% or 1.00 points to end at 7.76 and Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) shed 6.46% or 0.83 points to 12.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 690 to 370 and 122 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 15.74% to 13.90 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.85 to $1285.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.30% or 0.81 to hit $61.44 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $69.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7424, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6630.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.310.