Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the lost 1.12% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:), which rose 2.66% or 0.25 points to trade at 9.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Quebecor Inc Class B (TSX:) added 2.55% or 0.79 points to end at 31.79 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:) was up 2.00% or 1.65 points to 84.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:), which fell 7.03% or 0.92 points to trade at 12.17 at the close. Osisko Mining Corp (TSX:) declined 6.92% or 0.22 points to end at 2.96 and SSR Mining Inc (TSX:) was down 6.92% or 0.46 points to 6.19.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 729 to 241 and 89 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 5.68% to 19.53 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.60% or 14.70 to $2,429.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $76.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.58% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 102.74.
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