Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.01% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI), which rose 8.43% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.83 at the close. Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) added 5.45% or 0.44 points to end at 8.52 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) was up 5.14% or 1.87 points to 38.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO), which lost 6.23% or 0.54 points to trade at 8.13 in late trade. MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY) declined 4.91% or 2.93 points to end at 56.76 and Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) shed 4.87% or 2.79 points to 54.53.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 563 to 419 and 107 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 10.84% to 13.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1,977.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.57% or 1.13 to hit $73.18 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 1.11 to trade at $77.10 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.39% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 103.44.