Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Air Canada (TO:AC), which rose 4.92% or 0.460 points to trade at 9.810 at the close. Meanwhile, Methanex Corporation (TO:MX) added 4.76% or 1.94 points to end at 42.72 and Brookfield Business Partners LP (TO:BBU_u) was up 3.37% or 1.03 points to 31.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which fell 14.01% or 0.660 points to trade at 4.050 at the close. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) declined 11.75% or 0.450 points to end at 3.380 and Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) was down 5.08% or 0.280 points to 5.230.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 649 to 497 and 135 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.43% to 14.62.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.99% or 13.25 to $1330.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.98% or 1.37 to hit $44.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.17% or 1.52 to trade at $46.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7566, while CAD/EUR rose 0.45% to 0.6748.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.35.