Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL), which rose 6.34% or 2.635 points to trade at 44.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TO:WTE) added 5.48% or 1.14 points to end at 21.96 and Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) was up 5.14% or 0.18 points to 3.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG), which fell 12.56% or 0.490 points to trade at 3.410 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM) declined 11.42% or 1.00 points to end at 7.76 and Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) was down 6.46% or 0.83 points to 12.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 690 to 370 and 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 12.56% or 0.490 to 3.410. Shares in Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.46% or 0.83 to 12.02.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 15.74% to 13.90 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.85 to $1285.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.30% or 0.81 to hit $61.44 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $69.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7425, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.310.