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 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the were Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:), which rose 8.69% or 1.95 points to trade at 24.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Altus Group Limited (TSX:) added 5.94% or 3.11 points to end at 55.46 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:) was up 2.72% or 0.22 points to 8.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:), which fell 6.47% or 2.57 points to trade at 37.15 at the close. Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:) declined 3.96% or 0.25 points to end at 6.07 and Aya Gold & Silver Inc (TSX:) was down 3.70% or 0.54 points to 14.07.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 521 to 401 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altus Group Limited (TSX:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.94% or 3.11 to 55.46.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.21% to 8.42.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 7.60 to $2,371.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.74% or 0.61 to hit $81.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.83 to trade at $84.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.10% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.79.
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