Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which rose 2.94% or 0.060 points to trade at 2.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) added 2.90% or 0.66 points to end at 23.39 and Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR) was up 2.61% or 0.39 points to 15.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which fell 5.14% or 0.65 points to trade at 11.99 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) declined 5.12% or 0.270 points to end at 5.000 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) was down 4.83% or 0.360 points to 7.090.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 761 to 396 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.14% or 0.65 to 11.99.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 19.36% to 15.60 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1291.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $52.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.27 to trade at $55.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.57% to 0.7466, while CAD/EUR fell 1.33% to 0.6962.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 99.41.