Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Energy and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP), which rose 5.66% or 0.36 points to trade at 6.72 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE) added 5.56% or 0.190 points to end at 3.610 and Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) was up 5.12% or 0.27 points to 5.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Silver Wheaton Corp. (TO:SLW), which lost 11.66% or 2.59 points to trade at 19.62 in late trade. Alamos Gold Inc . (TO:AGI) declined 10.16% or 0.71 points to end at 6.28 and Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR) shed 9.65% or 1.61 points to 15.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 862 to 564 and 182 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 3.41% to 12.74.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.96% or 11.20 to $1155.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.56% or 0.29 to hit $52.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $57.17 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.48% to 0.7866, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.7145.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 96.89.