Canada Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Staples, and Energy sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.11%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were:
– Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY): rose 4.14% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.76.
– BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB): added 3.64% or 0.16 points to end at 4.56.
– TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA): up 3.53% or 0.70 points to 20.55 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Air Canada (TSX:AC): fell 9.35% or 2.33 points to trade at 22.59.
– Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb): declined 5.04% or 5.21 points to end at 98.15.
– Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR): down 4.34% or 0.36 points to 7.94.

Market Summary

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 620 to 333, with 79 ending unchanged.

Shares in TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) rose to 5-year highs, up 3.53% or 0.70 to 20.55.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.26% to 8.82.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.32% or 8.56 to $2,661.44 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for January delivery fell 1.16% or 0.82 to hit $69.89 a barrel.
• Brent oil contract for February fell 0.72% or 0.53 to trade at $73.38 a barrel.

Currency Trends

• CAD/USD was unchanged at 0.48% to 0.70.
• CAD/EUR unchanged at 0.27% to 0.67.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.68.