OTTAWA: Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.14% to hit a new all time high. The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY), which rose 8.49% or 0.360 points to trade at 4.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Colliers International Group Inc (TO:CIGI) added 7.86% or 5.51 points to end at 75.61 and DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) was up 7.32% or 0.29 points to 4.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP), which fell 8.53% or 11.960 points to trade at 128.260 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) declined 6.90% or 0.12 points to end at 1.62 and New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD) was down 5.32% or 0.240 points to 4.270. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 673 to 456 and 130 ended unchanged. Shares in Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.90% or 0.12 to 1.62. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.85% to 11.69 a new 1-month high. Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.47% or 5.96 to $1271.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $54.47 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.24 to trade at $60.83 a barrel. CAD/USD was down 0.51% to 0.7752, while CAD/EUR fell 0.51% to 0.6655. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.44.
