Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Amaya Inc (TO:AYA), which rose 5.75% or 1.09 points to trade at 20.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) added 4.51% or 1.070 points to end at 24.790 and Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) was up 3.71% or 0.14 points to 3.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which fell 7.34% or 0.76 points to trade at 9.60 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 5.76% or 0.96 points to end at 15.70 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was down 5.29% or 0.210 points to 3.760.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 674 to 476 and 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.76% or 0.96 to 15.70.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.25% to 11.49.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.80% or 9.75 to $1215.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $53.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.11 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7453, while CAD/EUR rose 0.09% to 0.7054.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.81.