Stock market today: S&P 500 in weekly loss as trade war fears intensifyy
Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Energy and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.14% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN), which rose 16.03% or 1.18 points to trade at 8.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) added 14.37% or 0.96 points to end at 7.64 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 11.06% or 0.23 points to 2.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WSP Global Inc (TSX:WSP), which fell 2.96% or 8.38 points to trade at 274.45 at the close. CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE) declined 2.88% or 1.06 points to end at 35.78 and North West Company Inc (TSX:NWC) was down 2.39% or 1.38 points to 56.47.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 654 to 253 and 87 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 5.13% to 9.99 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.54% or 18.33 to $3,378.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.30% or 0.81 to hit $63.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.45% or 0.94 to trade at $65.57 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.61% to 0.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 99.20.