Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR), which rose 8.43% or 0.87 points to trade at 11.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Pan American Silver Corp (TSX:PAAS) added 6.40% or 1.10 points to end at 18.29 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) was up 6.19% or 0.74 points to 12.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which fell 43.17% or 0.600 points to trade at 0.790 at the close. NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI) declined 10.29% or 3.64 points to end at 31.72 and CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:TRST) was down 9.55% or 0.3800 points to 3.6000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 582 to 451 and 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.43% or 0.87 to 11.19. Shares in Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) fell to 5-year lows; down 43.17% or 0.600 to 0.790.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.22% to 10.58.
Gold Futures for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1407.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.49% or 2.08 to hit $57.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $64.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7642, while CAD/EUR rose 0.07% to 0.6818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.020.
