Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 10.02% or 3.44 points to trade at 37.77 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc . (TO:TXG) added 6.63% or 0.110 points to end at 1.770 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) was up 5.95% or 0.210 points to 3.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF), which lost 7.43% or 0.35 points to trade at 4.36 in late trade. Air Canada (TO:AC) declined 2.95% or 0.250 points to end at 8.220 and Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) shed 2.91% or 0.54 points to 18.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 700 to 553 and 350 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 3.44% to 18.94.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.02% or 12.40 to $1231.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.81% or 0.29 to hit $35.99 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.31 to trade at $38.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.52% to 0.7601, while CAD/EUR fell 0.49% to 0.6676.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 94.60.