Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.59% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.59%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA), which rose 8.23% or 1.260 points to trade at 16.570 at the close. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) added 8.10% or 3.65 points to end at 48.73 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) was up 6.86% or 2.870 points to 44.720 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:CPG), which lost 6.84% or 0.26 points to trade at 3.54 in late trade. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) declined 7.08% or 0.46 points to end at 6.04 and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (TSX:AUP) shed 6.40% or 1.53 points to 22.38.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 553 to 480 and 100 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 February delivery was down 0.37% or 6.85 to $1848.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $52.64 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $55.64 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.35% to 0.7875, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6475.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 90.170.