Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Financials and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.15% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 4.69% or 0.64 points to trade at 14.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) added 4.34% or 0.180 points to end at 4.330 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 3.72% or 0.24 points to 6.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which fell 9.06% or 1.10 points to trade at 11.04 at the close. DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) declined 7.97% or 0.44 points to end at 5.08 and TMX Group Limited (TO:X) was down 4.08% or 2.88 points to 67.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 590 to 519 and 148 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.35% to 10.97.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.23 to $1274.03 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $50.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.19% to 0.8009, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.41.