Canada's equity market closed higher on Tuesday, with the S&P/TSX Composite finishing the trading day up 0.64% in Toronto. Sector-level gains in Materials, Consumer Staples and Energy underpinned the advance.
On an individual basis, the session's largest winners included Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR), which climbed 16.33% - a gain of 4.69 points - to finish at 33.41. Taseko Mines Ltd (TSX:TKO) increased 13.93% or 1.47 points to close at 12.02, and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) rose 8.63% or 1.48 points to end the day at 18.62.
Not all major issues moved higher. Thomson Reuters Corp (TSX:TRI) led decliners, slipping 15.83% or 23.59 points to close at 125.41. Altus Group Limited (TSX:AIF) fell 10.59% or 4.93 points to 41.63, while Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) declined 9.66% or 17.44 points to finish at 163.18.
Breadth on the Toronto Stock Exchange favored advancers: 562 stocks rose, 409 fell and 65 were unchanged by the close.
The session included several notable price landmarks. Thomson Reuters' share price reached a three-year low at the close, falling 15.83% to 125.41. Taseko Mines' shares climbed to a five-year high, up 13.93% to 12.02. Altus Group's stock dropped to a 52-week low, down 10.59% to 41.63.
Measures of market volatility eased modestly. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which reflects the implied volatility of options on the S&P/TSX Composite, declined 3.39% to 16.53.
Commodities posted gains during the session. Gold futures for April delivery rose 6.92% or 321.94 to $4,974.54 a troy ounce. In energy markets, crude oil for March delivery increased 2.90% or 1.80 to $63.94 a barrel, and the April Brent contract climbed 2.61% or 1.73 to trade at $68.03 a barrel.
In foreign exchange trading, the Canadian dollar was effectively unchanged versus the U.S. dollar, with CAD/USD listed as 0.73 - a change of 0.31%. The CAD/EUR was shown as 0.62, unchanged at 0.04%.
The US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.27% to 97.23.
Market context summary
- The S&P/TSX Composite closed up 0.64%.
- Top sector contributors included Materials, Consumer Staples and Energy.
- Notable individual moves included heavy gains in select mining and energy names and steep declines in several large-cap shares.