Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.18%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials , Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Fortuna Mining Corp (TSX:FVI ), which rose 9.87% or 0.63 points to trade at 7.01 at the close. Meanwhile, SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL ) added 7.63% or 1.05 points to end at 14.82 and New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD ) was up 7.07% or 0.27 points to 4.09 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS ), which fell 3.37% or 2.69 points to trade at 77.10 at the close. Constellation Software Inc . (TSX:CSU ) declined 2.93% or 140.27 points to end at 4,650.03 and Great-West Lifeco Inc . (TSX:GWO ) was down 2.36% or 1.18 points to 48.68.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 566 to 354 and 100 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.40% to 10.08.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 7.14 to $2,665.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.66% or 1.81 to hit $69.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.73 to trade at $73.56 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.27% to 0.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.31.

Source: Investing.com