Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.56% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Extendicare Inc (TO:EXE), which rose 6.95% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI) added 5.13% or 0.31 points to end at 6.35 and PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TO:PSK) was up 4.40% or 0.85 points to 20.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Corporation Of Canada (TO:POW), which fell 3.75% or 1.20 points to trade at 30.79 at the close. TMX Group Limited (TO:X) declined 2.84% or 2.50 points to end at 85.58 and Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) was down 2.62% or 0.5900 points to 21.9000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 562 to 506 and 120 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.75% to 11.02.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.26% or 3.35 to $1274.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.96% or 0.63 to hit $66.18 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $74.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7449, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 97.245.