Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.95% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI), which rose 3.14% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.78 at the close. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) added 3.09% or 0.09 points to end at 3.00 and Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE) was up 2.45% or 0.26 points to 10.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 8.12% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.81 in late trade. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) declined 5.87% or 0.26 points to end at 4.17 and New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) shed 5.75% or 0.05 points to 0.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 702 to 301 and 102 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 1.02% to 21.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 10.75 to $1,711.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.10% or 0.09 to hit $86.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.16% or 3.03 to trade at $92.71 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.76, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.29% to 0.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 110.24.