Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAA), which rose 15.01% or 2.94 points to trade at 22.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE) added 10.36% or 0.400 points to end at 4.260 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was up 10.14% or 0.60 points to 6.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which fell 6.93% or 0.83 points to trade at 11.14 at the close. Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) declined 4.48% or 0.94 points to end at 20.04 and ECN Capital Corp (TO:ECN) was down 3.91% or 0.11 points to 2.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 657 to 526 and 128 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.61% to 15.10.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.95 to $1227.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 5.82% or 2.52 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 5.85% or 2.60 to trade at $47.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.84% to 0.7436, while CAD/EUR rose 0.90% to 0.6931.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 100.18.