Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT), which rose 5.10% or 9.98 points to trade at 205.69 at the close. Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) added 3.78% or 0.54 points to end at 14.81 and Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL) was up 3.71% or 0.72 points to 20.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG), which lost 15.31% or 2.41 points to trade at 13.33 in late trade. Cascades Inc . (TSX:CAS) declined 8.06% or 1.42 points to end at 16.19 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) shed 7.57% or 0.37 points to 4.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 627 to 417 and 125 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.56% or 30.00 to $1890.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.45% or 0.96 to hit $40.18 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 0.90 to trade at $42.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.26% to 0.7517, while CAD/EUR rose 0.07% to 0.6400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 93.817.