Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc (TSX:DOO), which rose 9.21% or 4.04 points to trade at 47.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) added 5.10% or 0.9800 points to end at 20.2100 and Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) was up 3.61% or 1.58 points to 45.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TSX:SNC), which fell 9.62% or 2.29 points to trade at 21.51 at the close. Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO) declined 4.05% or 0.2500 points to end at 5.9300 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) was down 3.91% or 0.160 points to 3.930.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 591 to 435 and 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) fell to 5-year lows; down 9.62% or 2.29 to 21.51.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.10% to 9.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.61% or 8.75 to $1418.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.65% or 0.93 to hit $57.15 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $64.27 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7613, while CAD/EUR rose 0.05% to 0.6827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.417.