Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML), which rose 3.41% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.82 at the close. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) added 2.59% or 0.98 points to end at 38.88 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) was up 2.48% or 0.25 points to 10.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD), which lost 7.68% or 6.86 points to trade at 82.43 in late trade. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) declined 7.12% or 2.72 points to end at 35.48 and Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) shed 6.91% or 1.02 points to 13.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 689 to 324 and 87 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 11.88% to 22.03 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.81% or 14.20 to $1,735.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.93% or 4.78 to hit $92.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 4.36% or 4.49 to trade at $98.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.62% to 0.76, while CAD/EUR fell 0.83% to 0.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 108.75.