Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, REITs and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD), which rose 9.30% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.940 at the close. Meanwhile, Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD) added 4.70% or 0.22 points to end at 4.90 and NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI) was up 3.52% or 1.15 points to 33.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enerflex Ltd . (TSX:EFX), which fell 6.29% or 1.10 points to trade at 16.40 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) declined 5.77% or 0.27 points to end at 4.41 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) was down 5.70% or 1.84 points to 30.43.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 626 to 415 and 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.77% or 0.27 to 4.41.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.23% to 12.31.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.39% or 4.95 to $1278.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.72% or 0.42 to hit $59.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $68.68 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.00% to 0.7411, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6641.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 97.855.