Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.24%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Clean Technology and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.24% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aya Gold&Silver Inc (TSX:AYA), which rose 9.02% or 1.44 points to trade at 17.40 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) added 8.22% or 0.90 points to end at 11.85 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) was up 7.04% or 0.69 points to 10.49 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Pet Valu Holdings Ltd (TSX:PET), which lost 4.84% or 1.27 points to trade at 24.99 in late trade. Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) declined 3.29% or 5.25 points to end at 154.32 and Algonquin Power&Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN) shed 3.05% or 0.23 points to 7.31.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 585 to 338 and 109 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.73% to 11.11.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.33% or 35.35 to $2,687.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.61% or 1.13 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 1.22 to trade at $74.43 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.80% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.20% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 100.06.