Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.54% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which rose 7.35% or 1.49 points to trade at 21.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TO:CNQ) added 3.00% or 1.15 points to end at 39.51 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was up 2.31% or 0.30 points to 13.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb), which fell 10.89% or 0.76 points to trade at 6.22 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 10.36% or 0.940 points to end at 8.130 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) was down 7.54% or 0.190 points to 2.330.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 674 to 430 and 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb) fell to all time lows; down 10.89% or 0.76 to 6.22. Shares in Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) fell to 3-years lows; down 10.36% or 0.940 to 8.130. Shares in NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.54% or 0.190 to 2.330.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.99% to 14.12.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.77% or 10.50 to $1344.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.46% or 0.96 to hit $64.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.72 to trade at $68.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7759, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6256.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 88.97.