Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.57% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.57%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY), which rose 23.88% or 6.94 points to trade at 36.00 at the close. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) added 9.14% or 1.85 points to end at 22.10 and Osisko Gold Ro (TSX:OR) was up 7.44% or 0.93 points to 13.43 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL), which lost 7.49% or 1.11 points to trade at 13.70 in late trade. West Fraser Timber Co Ltd (TSX:WFG) declined 5.98% or 5.13 points to end at 80.63 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) shed 5.72% or 1.62 points to 26.70.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 615 to 466 and 86 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.69% or 11.90 to $1734.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.81% or 0.49 to hit $60.15 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.64 to trade at $63.05 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.35% to 0.7933, while CAD/EUR rose 0.05% to 0.6563.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 90.778.