Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.76% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG), which rose 5.47% or 0.29 points to trade at 5.59 at the close. Meanwhile, NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) added 4.42% or 0.110 points to end at 2.600 and Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG) was up 4.26% or 0.63 points to 15.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE), which fell 8.17% or 0.84 points to trade at 9.44 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE) declined 5.46% or 0.160 points to end at 2.770 and Exchange Income Corporation (TO:EIF) was down 5.42% or 1.670 points to 29.120.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 716 to 408 and 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE) fell to all time lows; down 8.17% or 0.84 to 9.44. Shares in Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (TO:GTE) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.46% or 0.160 to 2.770. Shares in Exchange Income Corporation (TO:EIF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.42% or 1.670 to 29.120.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.87% to 13.63.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 2.61 to $1244.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.05% or 0.91 to hit $43.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 0.92 to trade at $45.99 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7533, while CAD/EUR fell 0.18% to 0.6773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.43.