Canadian stocks up at close; The S&P/TSX composite rose 0.14% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, it gained 0.14% to hit a new all-time high.

The best performers of the session on the were Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (TSX: ), which rose 4.48% or 2.01 points to trade at 46.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Baytex Energy Corp (TSX: ) added 4.46% or 0.18 points to end at 4.22 and Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX: ) was up 4.38% or 4.17 points to trade at 99.32 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX: ), which fell 7.58% or 0.27 points to trade at 3.29 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX: ) declined 3.78% or 0.09 points to end at 2.29 and Aritzia Inc (TSX: ) declined 3.54% or 1.80 points to 49.03.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 497 to 413, with 112 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, rose 11.64% to 12.37.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.83 percent, or 21.95, to $2,681.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 3.74%, or 2.55, to $70.72 a barrel, while the December Brent crude contract rose 3.70% or 2.65, up to $74.35 per barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR rose 0.84% ​​to 0.67.

US dollar index futures rose 0.43% to 100.96.