Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the gained 0.14% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the were Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (TSX:), which rose 4.48% or 2.01 points to trade at 46.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:) added 4.46% or 0.18 points to end at 4.22 and Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:) was up 4.38% or 4.17 points to 99.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:), which fell 7.58% or 0.27 points to trade at 3.29 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:) declined 3.78% or 0.09 points to end at 2.29 and Aritzia Inc (TSX:) was down 3.54% or 1.80 points to 49.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 497 to 413 and 112 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 11.64% to 12.37.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.83% or 21.95 to $2,681.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.74% or 2.55 to hit $70.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.70% or 2.65 to trade at $74.35 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR rose 0.84% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 100.96.
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