Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.20% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Western Bank (TO:CWB), which rose 4.71% or 1.39 points to trade at 30.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) added 4.52% or 2.54 points to end at 58.79 and Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) was up 3.99% or 0.47 points to 12.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC), which fell 7.02% or 1.02 points to trade at 13.52 at the close. Cott Corporation (TO:BCB) declined 5.60% or 0.82 points to end at 13.82 and Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) was down 4.76% or 0.120 points to 2.400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 597 to 563 and 159 ended unchanged.
Shares in Canadian Western Bank (TO:CWB) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.71% or 1.39 to 30.89. Shares in Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) fell to all time lows; down 7.02% or 1.02 to 13.52.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 12.34% to 10.02 a new 3-months low.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.44% or 5.20 to $1171.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.05% or 1.06 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.26% or 1.24 to trade at $53.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7529, while CAD/EUR rose 0.33% to 0.7023.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 100.50.