Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which rose 14.75% or 0.87 points to trade at 6.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) added 8.06% or 0.92 points to end at 12.34 and Boardwalk REIT (TO:BEI_u) was up 4.55% or 2.18 points to 50.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which fell 9.80% or 0.580 points to trade at 5.340 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) declined 9.54% or 0.920 points to end at 8.720 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was down 8.25% or 2.890 points to 32.150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 538 to 533 and 129 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boardwalk REIT (TO:BEI_u) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.55% or 2.18 to 50.06.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 12.81.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 2.60 to $1201.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $67.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.49% to 0.7652, while CAD/EUR rose 1.06% to 0.6744.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 96.56.
