Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.14%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE), which rose 6.48% or 0.72 points to trade at 11.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Aya Gold & Silver Inc (TSX:AYA) added 4.86% or 0.64 points to end at 13.80 and Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) was up 4.66% or 0.18 points to 4.04 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY), which fell 4.59% or 2.14 points to trade at 44.51 at the close. Boyd Group Services Inc (TSX:BYD) declined 3.27% or 7.46 points to end at 220.61 and George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) was down 3.17% or 7.05 points to 215.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 503 to 427 and 100 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.57% to 10.67.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.83% or 21.60 to $2,636.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $73.31 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.43% to 0.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.11.