Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT), which rose 14.63% or 0.12 points to trade at 0.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) added 7.83% or 1.31 points to end at 18.04 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 7.80% or 2.72 points to 37.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH), which fell 4.59% or 2.60 points to trade at 54.03 at the close. First Capital Realty Inc . (TO:FCR) declined 4.03% or 0.87 points to end at 20.71 and New Flyer Industries Inc (TO:NFI) was down 3.60% or 1.53 points to 41.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 410 to 401 and 104 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.05% to 15.63.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.45% or 5.75 to $1279.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.68% or 0.80 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.51 to trade at $49.48 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7749, while CAD/EUR fell 0.04% to 0.6848.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 94.53.