Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF), which rose 4.15% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) added 3.65% or 0.140 points to end at 3.980 and Granite REIT (TO:GRT_u) was up 3.46% or 1.700 points to 50.890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which fell 3.83% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.76 at the close. Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (TO:CMG) declined 3.36% or 0.31 points to end at 8.91 and Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) was down 3.14% or 0.070 points to 2.160.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 606 to 468 and 159 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 20.17% to 10.17.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.76 to $1314.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.68% or 0.34 to hit $50.01 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.26 to trade at $55.22 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.8147, while CAD/EUR fell 0.18% to 0.6792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.58.