Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Telecoms and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TSX:KEL), which rose 7.97% or 0.290 points to trade at 3.930 at the close. Meanwhile, Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) added 7.94% or 0.17 points to end at 2.31 and Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) was up 7.08% or 4.71 points to 71.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colliers International Group Inc Bats (TSX:CIGI), which fell 5.47% or 5.53 points to trade at 95.58 at the close. Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO) declined 4.02% or 0.2300 points to end at 5.4900 and Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) was down 3.88% or 0.39 points to 9.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 540 to 518 and 104 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 6.01% to 11.46.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.77% or 10.90 to $1431.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.58% or 1.47 to hit $58.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $64.93 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.02% to 0.7603, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.820.
