Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which rose 4.82% or 0.440 points to trade at 9.570 at the close. Meanwhile, Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) added 4.73% or 4.05 points to end at 89.73 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was up 4.65% or 1.890 points to 42.540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSR Mining Inc (TO:SSRM), which fell 7.02% or 0.97 points to trade at 12.85 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) declined 5.10% or 0.150 points to end at 2.790 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) was down 3.77% or 0.310 points to 7.920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 695 to 389 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) rose to all time highs; up 4.73% or 4.05 to 89.73. Shares in Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) rose to all time highs; up 4.65% or 1.890 to 42.540.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.63% to 12.50.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.30 to $1277.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.17% or 0.77 to hit $64.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $75.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.54% to 0.7533, while CAD/EUR fell 0.28% to 0.6499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.62.