OTTAWA: Canada stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.27%. The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Badger Daylighting Ltd. (TO:BAD), which rose 7.89% or 2.07 points to trade at 28.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TO:GUY) added 6.29% or 0.290 points to end at 4.900 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) was up 4.75% or 0.830 points to 18.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TO:RBA), which fell 6.37% or 2.370 points to trade at 34.820 at the close. Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) declined 5.82% or 7.160 points to end at 115.760 and Tourmaline Oil Corp. (TO:TOU) was down 4.48% or 1.07 points to 22.82. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 671 to 454 and 136 ended unchanged. Shares in Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.75% or 0.830 to 18.290. Shares in Tourmaline Oil Corp. (TO:TOU) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.48% or 1.07 to 22.82. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.00% to 11.15 a new 1-month high. Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.93 to $1290.93 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.64% or 1.31 to hit $50.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.74 to trade at $56.53 a barrel. CAD/USD was up 0.28% to 0.7990, while CAD/EUR fell 0.32% to 0.6764. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 93.07.
