Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, REITs and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which rose 7.62% or 0.66 points to trade at 9.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Spartan Energy Corp (TO:SPE) added 3.21% or 0.190 points to end at 6.100 and Cogeco Communications Inc (TO:CCA) was up 3.15% or 2.67 points to 87.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust (TO:DRG_u), which fell 5.91% or 0.650 points to trade at 10.340 at the close. Cameco Corp (TO:CCO) declined 3.84% or 0.49 points to end at 12.26 and Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) was down 3.09% or 0.090 points to 2.820.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 571 to 515 and 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cogeco Communications Inc (TO:CCA) rose to all time highs; up 3.15% or 2.67 to 87.40.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 11.59% to 12.59.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.59 to $1241.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.42 to hit $46.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.45 to trade at $48.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.58% to 0.7921, while CAD/EUR fell 0.10% to 0.6855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 94.44.