Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD), which rose 9.67% or 1.630 points to trade at 18.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) added 7.67% or 11.260 points to end at 158.040 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) was up 7.66% or 0.190 points to 2.670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which fell 6.40% or 0.780 points to trade at 11.410 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) declined 4.82% or 0.430 points to end at 8.500 and Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TO:MFI) was down 3.99% or 1.28 points to 30.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 657 to 454 and 128 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.42% to 14.60.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1350.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.35% or 0.23 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $71.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7967, while CAD/EUR rose 0.11% to 0.6436.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.19.
