Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.01%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Clean Technology, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.01%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD), which rose 5.42% or 1.29 points to trade at 25.11 at the close. K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) added 4.59% or 0.42 points to end at 9.57 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) was up 4.23% or 0.60 points to 14.77 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE), which lost 4.32% or 0.41 points to trade at 9.09 in late trade. Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP (TSX:BEP_u) declined 4.10% or 1.55 points to end at 36.25 and Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) shed 3.76% or 2.31 points to 59.17.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 559 to 382 and 100 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.21% to 11.64.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.04% or 28.70 to $2,784.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $67.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $70.94 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.17.