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Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the S&P/TSX Capped Health Care Index, S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index and S&P/TSX Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Index sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE), which rose 6.40% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.66 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 5.45% or 0.03 points to end at 0.58 and Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) was up 4.82% or 2.99 points to 64.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML), which fell 8.86% or 0.21 points to trade at 2.16 in late trade. Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) declined 4.91% or 0.38 points to end at 7.36 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) down 4.67% or 4.28 points to 87.32.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 458 to 429 and 89 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 6.44% to 10.58.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 10.84 to $3,344.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.67% or 0.44 to hit $64.85 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.36 to trade at $66.68 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.16% to 0.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.04.