Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.01% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which rose 10.96% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.810 at the close. Meanwhile, Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 9.54% or 3.440 points to end at 39.480 and Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) was up 9.30% or 0.12 points to 1.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which fell 6.96% or 1.02 points to trade at 13.63 at the close. Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) declined 6.12% or 11.590 points to end at 177.660 and NovaGold Resources Inc (TO:NG) was down 5.95% or 0.37 points to 5.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 626 to 507 and 113 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.84% to 12.07.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.46% or 0.33 to hit $72.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.15 to trade at $79.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.7802, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.6623.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.50.