Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 18.67% or 4.530 points to trade at 28.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 17.60% or 2.490 points to end at 16.640 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 5.49% or 1.19 points to 22.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which fell 28.68% or 2.28 points to trade at 5.67 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 8.11% or 0.980 points to end at 11.110 and Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX) was down 7.39% or 0.190 points to 2.380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 714 to 479 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) fell to 5-year lows; down 28.68% or 2.28 to 5.67. Shares in Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.39% or 0.190 to 2.380.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.23% to 18.80 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.84% or 11.20 to $1325.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.11% or 0.71 to hit $63.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.72 to trade at $66.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7991, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.6459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.57.