Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Energy and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ensign Energy Services Inc . (TO:ESI), which rose 21.30% or 1.44 points to trade at 8.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) added 12.40% or 0.47 points to end at 4.26 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 10.79% or 0.70 points to 7.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS), which fell 4.56% or 0.64 points to trade at 13.40 at the close. CCL Industries Inc (TO:CCLb) declined 4.54% or 10.68 points to end at 224.45 and Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) was down 4.52% or 1.50 points to 31.69.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 800 to 570 and 313 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.47% to 17.24 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1256.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.51% or 1.82 to hit $42.18 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.23% or 1.81 to trade at $44.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.04% to 0.7834, while CAD/EUR rose 1.24% to 0.6878.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.00.