Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.13% to hit a new 3-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (TO:BXE), which rose 10.98% or 0.38 points to trade at 3.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) added 8.08% or 3.90 points to end at 52.15 and RONA Inc. (TO:RON) was up 7.82% or 1.01 points to 13.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TO:SSO), which fell 6.53% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.30 at the close. Novagold Resources Inc. (TO:NG) declined 6.07% or 0.30 points to end at 4.64 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) was down 5.82% or 0.33 points to 5.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 803 to 722 and 189 ended unchanged.
Shares in Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) rose to all time highs; up 8.08% or 3.90 to 52.15.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 3.40% to 17.31.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.56% or 19.10 to $1208.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $53.86 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.76 to trade at $62.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.69% to 0.8076, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.7075.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 94.14.