Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 30.24% or 7.24 points to trade at 31.18 at the close. Meanwhile, First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) added 7.61% or 0.82 points to end at 11.59 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was up 7.18% or 0.150 points to 2.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT), which fell 3.85% or 0.96 points to trade at 24.00 at the close. Genworth MI Canada Inc . (TO:MIC) declined 3.78% or 1.10 points to end at 28.03 and Cameco Corp (TO:CCO) was down 3.68% or 0.38 points to 9.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 643 to 472 and 165 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cameco Corp (TO:CCO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.68% or 0.38 to 9.95.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 13.99% to 14.08.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.29% or 16.45 to $1289.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.28 to trade at $48.33 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7473, while CAD/EUR fell 0.53% to 0.6754.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.