Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF), which rose 6.19% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Canexus Corporation (TO:CUS) added 6.12% or 0.09 points to end at 1.56 and Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT) was up 5.91% or 0.12 points to 2.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW), which fell 7.20% or 0.28 points to trade at 3.61 at the close. Capstone Mining Corp. (TO:CS) declined 5.26% or 0.070 points to end at 1.260 and Autocanada Inc (TO:ACQ) was down 4.75% or 1.59 points to 31.91.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 763 to 647 and 191 ended unchanged.
Shares in Autocanada Inc (TO:ACQ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.75% or 1.59 to 31.91.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was up 0.86% to 15.20.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.42% or 5.00 to $1192.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 0.79 to trade at $55.13 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.7998, while CAD/EUR rose 0.37% to 0.7323.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.42.