Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pure Industrial REIT (TO:AAR_u), which rose 20.39% or 1.37 points to trade at 8.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 5.87% or 2.340 points to end at 42.200 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU) was up 4.81% or 0.300 points to 6.540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSR Mining Inc (TO:SSRM), which fell 6.96% or 0.73 points to trade at 9.76 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) declined 6.06% or 0.10 points to end at 1.55 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) was down 6.01% or 0.83 points to 12.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 613 to 570 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pure Industrial REIT (TO:AAR_u) rose to all time highs; up 20.39% or 1.37 to 8.09. Shares in SSR Mining Inc (TO:SSRM) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.96% or 0.73 to 9.76. Shares in Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) rose to all time highs; up 5.87% or 2.340 to 42.200.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.78% to 11.50.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.46% or 6.10 to $1314.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.02% or 1.25 to hit $62.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 1.05 to trade at $68.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.35% to 0.8023, while CAD/EUR fell 0.12% to 0.6720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.22.