Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT), which rose 12.33% or 4.85 points to trade at 44.18 at the close. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) added 8.03% or 0.290 points to end at 3.900 and Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) was up 6.00% or 0.83 points to 14.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA), which lost 5.13% or 0.380 points to trade at 7.030 in late trade. Pason Systems Inc . (TO:PSI) declined 4.97% or 0.83 points to end at 15.87 and Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU) shed 4.66% or 0.270 points to 5.520.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 651 to 509 and 134 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 5.94% to 14.09.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.85% or 10.75 to $1274.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.27% or 0.64 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 0.76 to trade at $50.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.46% to 0.7493, while CAD/EUR fell 0.46% to 0.6883.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.72.