Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.75% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 6.50% or 1.060 points to trade at 17.370 at the close. Meanwhile, HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM) added 4.53% or 0.27 points to end at 6.23 and Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) was up 4.14% or 0.140 points to 3.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG), which fell 11.08% or 1.17 points to trade at 9.39 at the close. Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS) declined 9.31% or 1.15 points to end at 11.20 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) was down 7.51% or 1.39 points to 17.13.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 755 to 368 and 125 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cascades Inc. (TO:CAS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.31% or 1.15 to 11.20. Shares in Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.51% or 1.39 to 17.13.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.21% to 14.49.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.50 to $1193.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.66% or 0.49 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.97 to trade at $84.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7724, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.34.