Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY), which rose 4.52% or 8.68 points to trade at 200.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI) added 4.02% or 1.51 points to end at 39.04 and Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB) was up 3.40% or 0.07 points to 2.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which fell 3.50% or 0.58 points to trade at 15.99 at the close. International Petroleum Corp (TSX:IPCO) declined 3.35% or 0.68 points to end at 19.62 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) was down 3.30% or 0.50 points to 14.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 541 to 389 and 109 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 11.19% to 9.60.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.54% or 12.95 to $2,407.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.22% or 0.96 to hit $77.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.88 to trade at $81.52 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.19% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.18.