Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 11.35% or 0.79 points to trade at 7.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Colliers International Group Inc (TO:CIGI) added 6.76% or 4.64 points to end at 73.24 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 6.73% or 0.89 points to 14.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY), which fell 4.41% or 0.280 points to trade at 6.070 at the close. Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) declined 4.10% or 0.40 points to end at 9.23 and Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) was down 3.81% or 1.61 points to 40.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 572 to 548 and 142 ended unchanged.
Shares in Colliers International Group Inc (TO:CIGI) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.76% or 4.64 to 73.24.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.73% to 12.29.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.69 to $1258.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.50% or 1.22 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.12 to trade at $50.40 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7293, while CAD/EUR fell 0.46% to 0.6675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 98.83.