Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sprott Inc . (TSX:SII), which rose 4.86% or 2.30 points to trade at 49.60 at the close. Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) added 3.68% or 0.05 points to end at 1.41 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) was up 2.89% or 1.00 points to 35.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which lost 6.32% or 0.45 points to trade at 6.67 in late trade. Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS) declined 5.80% or 0.20 points to end at 3.25 and Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) shed 5.57% or 0.58 points to 9.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 684 to 286 and 104 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 22.79% to 13.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.34% or 6.75 to $2,006.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.01% or 1.58 to hit $77.18 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.30% or 1.90 to trade at $80.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.62% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.02% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 101.57.