Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Materials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which rose 5.72% or 1.20 points to trade at 22.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb) added 3.11% or 0.57 points to end at 18.90 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was up 2.80% or 0.09 points to 3.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI), which fell 9.27% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.70 at the close. Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) declined 6.40% or 1.01 points to end at 14.76 and Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII) was down 5.91% or 0.63 points to 10.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 672 to 464 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI) fell to 5-year lows; down 9.27% or 0.48 to 4.70. Shares in Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII) fell to all time lows; falling 5.91% or 0.63 to 10.03.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 10.94% to 17.55.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.64% or 7.90 to $1220.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.21 to trade at $60.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.34% to 0.7521, while CAD/EUR fell 0.04% to 0.6659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 97.268.