Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 8.81% or 0.230 points to trade at 2.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Freehold Royalties Ltd . (TO:FRU) added 8.03% or 1.00 points to end at 13.46 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 7.92% or 0.41 points to 5.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which fell 5.56% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.850 at the close. New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) declined 3.56% or 0.110 points to end at 2.980 and Cogeco Communications Inc (TO:CCA) was down 3.37% or 2.43 points to 69.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 654 to 458 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.56% or 0.110 to 2.980.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.13% to 15.05.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.60 to $1343.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.28% or 2.08 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.34% or 2.29 to trade at $70.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.63% to 0.7931, while CAD/EUR rose 0.45% to 0.6420.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.32.