Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Staples and REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 11.70% or 3.100 points to trade at 29.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Power Corporation (TO:CPX) added 6.48% or 1.47 points to end at 24.16 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) was up 6.19% or 0.870 points to 14.930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS), which fell 11.80% or 3.07 points to trade at 22.94 at the close. Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR) declined 8.08% or 1.08 points to end at 12.29 and Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) was down 4.93% or 0.17 points to 3.28.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 697 to 438 and 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 11.80% or 3.07 to 22.94. Shares in Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.08% or 1.08 to 12.29.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.65 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.77% or 24.00 to $1332.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $61.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.51 to trade at $65.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.69% to 0.7907, while CAD/EUR fell 0.11% to 0.6410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 89.64.