Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Energy and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH), which rose 8.61% or 6.72 points to trade at 84.80 at the close. Meanwhile, iA Financial (TO:IAG) added 4.99% or 2.49 points to end at 52.35 and Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) was up 4.19% or 0.8400 points to 20.9100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were New Gold Inc (TO:NGD), which fell 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 7.17% or 0.85 points to end at 11.00 and Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) was down 4.43% or 0.12 points to 2.59.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 624 to 455 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 10.00% or 0.100 to 0.900. Shares in Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.43% or 0.12 to 2.59.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.74% to 13.83.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1274.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $62.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.99 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7458, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.868.