Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.49% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU), which rose 7.15% or 1.01 points to trade at 15.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TO:ATDb) added 6.67% or 3.80 points to end at 60.80 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) was up 5.11% or 0.24 points to 4.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which fell 4.18% or 0.500 points to trade at 11.470 at the close. Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) declined 3.46% or 1.06 points to end at 29.59 and First Capital Realty Inc . (TO:FCR) was down 3.39% or 0.71 points to 20.21.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 641 to 447 and 139 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.88% to 13.06.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.29% or 3.60 to $1256.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.77 to trade at $78.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7625, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6491.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.86.
