Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which rose 5.26% or 0.81 points to trade at 16.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) added 3.98% or 0.99 points to end at 25.88 and Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) was up 2.71% or 0.12 points to 4.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which fell 3.80% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.53 at the close. Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) declined 3.61% or 0.96 points to end at 25.64 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) was down 3.12% or 0.30 points to 9.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 468 to 456 and 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.98% or 0.99 to 25.88.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.16% to 11.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 13.10 to $2,554.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.60% or 0.44 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.39 to trade at $77.27 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.27% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 101.23.