Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB), which rose 18.39% or 6.21 points to trade at 39.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) added 6.97% or 1.37 points to end at 21.03 and Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) was up 4.90% or 10.25 points to 219.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY), which fell 5.90% or 8.10 points to trade at 129.08 at the close. Curaleaf Holdings Inc (TSX:CURA) declined 4.42% or 0.15 points to end at 3.24 and Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) was down 4.37% or 19.47 points to 425.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 475 to 437 and 73 ended unchanged.
Shares in Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB) rose to 52-week highs; up 18.39% or 6.21 to 39.97.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.72% to 13.62.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.78% or 33.25 to $4,241.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.11% or 0.66 to hit $58.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.71 to trade at $62.46 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.30.
