Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT), which rose 12.33% or 4.85 points to trade at 44.18 at the close. Meanwhile, B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) added 8.03% or 0.290 points to end at 3.900 and Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) was up 6.00% or 0.83 points to 14.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA), which fell 5.13% or 0.380 points to trade at 7.030 at the close. Pason Systems Inc . (TO:PSI) declined 4.97% or 0.83 points to end at 15.87 and Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU) was down 4.66% or 0.270 points to 5.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 651 to 509 and 134 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 5.94% to 14.09.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.86% or 10.85 to $1274.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.27% or 0.64 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.77 to trade at $50.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.46% to 0.7493, while CAD/EUR fell 0.46% to 0.6883.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.72.