Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT), which rose 5.66% or 2.63 points to trade at 49.13 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) added 5.65% or 0.230 points to end at 4.300 and Toromont Industries Ltd . (TO:TIH) was up 5.18% or 2.19 points to 44.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG), which lost 12.40% or 0.610 points to trade at 4.310 in late trade. Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI) declined 7.72% or 0.70 points to end at 8.37 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) shed 4.63% or 0.23 points to 4.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 586 to 582 and 138 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 0.32% to 12.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.28% or 3.45 to $1235.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.38% or 0.73 to hit $52.28 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.53 to trade at $55.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.71% to 0.7592, while CAD/EUR fell 0.13% to 0.7104.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 100.34.