Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.24% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW), which rose 10.25% or 0.82 points to trade at 8.82 at the close. Meanwhile, DHX Media Ltd (TO:DHXb) added 6.35% or 0.40 points to end at 6.70 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) was up 6.24% or 0.72 points to 12.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K), which fell 12.15% or 0.79 points to trade at 5.71 at the close. Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) declined 12.02% or 1.10 points to end at 8.05 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) was down 11.89% or 0.93 points to 6.89.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 655 to 524 and 130 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 48.64% to 14.21.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.96% or 24.55 to $1226.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.52% or 0.73 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 0.44 to trade at $48.79 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7607, while CAD/EUR rose 0.68% to 0.6827.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 95.60.