Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 8.09% or 0.62 points to trade at 8.28 at the close. Meanwhile, First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) added 7.26% or 0.85 points to end at 12.55 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 5.91% or 0.38 points to 6.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which fell 4.32% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.550 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) declined 3.98% or 0.16 points to end at 3.86 and Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE) was down 2.80% or 0.080 points to 2.780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 581 to 494 and 146 ended unchanged.
Shares in ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.32% or 0.070 to 1.550. Shares in Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.98% or 0.16 to 3.86.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.43% to 13.79.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.21% or 2.58 to $1215.78 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.64% or 0.73 to hit $45.13 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.71 to trade at $47.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.28% to 0.7735, while CAD/EUR fell 0.84% to 0.6748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 95.53.