Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Financials and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB), which rose 8.84% or 1.24 points to trade at 15.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) added 2.80% or 0.83 points to end at 30.43 and Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) was up 2.72% or 2.34 points to 88.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aimia Inc (TO:AIM), which fell 6.20% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.42 at the close. Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) declined 5.61% or 0.32 points to end at 5.38 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was down 5.23% or 0.47 points to 8.51.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 641 to 505 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) rose to 3-years highs; rising 8.84% or 1.24 to 15.27. Shares in Aimia Inc (TO:AIM) fell to all time lows; losing 6.20% or 0.16 to 2.42. Shares in Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) rose to all time highs; up 2.72% or 2.34 to 88.29.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.45% to 13.19.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.80% or 10.05 to $1251.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.82% or 0.42 to hit $51.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.37 to trade at $54.24 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7399, while CAD/EUR rose 0.39% to 0.6617.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 97.27.