Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, REITs and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW), which rose 9.59% or 1.25 points to trade at 14.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) added 4.32% or 2.98 points to end at 72.04 and Barrick Gold Corporation (TO:ABX) was up 3.56% or 0.59 points to 17.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TO:PSK), which fell 7.49% or 2.38 points to trade at 29.41 at the close. Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) declined 6.86% or 1.90 points to end at 25.78 and Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) was down 6.11% or 2.63 points to 40.39.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 701 to 418 and 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.59% or 1.25 to 14.29.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.22% to 15.64 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.68% or 9.00 to $1333.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.19% or 0.82 to hit $67.82 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.74 to trade at $73.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7797, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6373.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 90.55.