Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.40% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 9.28% or 0.75 points to trade at 8.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) added 7.28% or 2.33 points to end at 34.33 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) was up 7.27% or 0.460 points to 6.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE), which fell 7.98% or 0.340 points to trade at 3.920 at the close. Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) declined 5.99% or 1.19 points to end at 18.67 and Enghouse Systems Ltd (TO:ENGH) was down 5.05% or 2.84 points to 53.41.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 666 to 509 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.28% or 0.75 to 8.83. Shares in Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 7.28% or 2.33 to 34.33. Shares in Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 7.27% or 0.460 to 6.790.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.96% to 14.77.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1212.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.66% or 0.32 to hit $47.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.16 to trade at $49.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.31% to 0.7434, while CAD/EUR fell 0.21% to 0.6995.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 101.09.