Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO), which rose 5.70% or 4.38 points to trade at 81.23 at the close. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) added 3.63% or 0.51 points to end at 14.56 and Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) was up 3.34% or 44.18 points to 1365.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ), which lost 4.16% or 0.90 points to trade at 20.73 in late trade. Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI) declined 4.13% or 0.26 points to end at 6.04 and Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) shed 3.96% or 0.72 points to 17.46.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 541 to 508 and 126 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 0.27% or 5.15 to $1934.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.78% or 0.76 to hit $43.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.60% or 0.73 to trade at $46.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.36% to 0.7591, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6414.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.013.