Canadian stocks fall at the close; The S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.30% by Investing.com

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

At the end in Toronto, it lost 1.30%.

The best performers of the session were Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX: ), which rose 3.00% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.23 ​​at the close. Meanwhile, Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSX: ) added 2.36% or 0.61 points to end at 26.42 and Telus Corp (TSX: ) was up 1.98% or 0.43 points to 22.20 at the close the transaction.

The worst performers of the session were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX: ), which decreased 13.79% or 2.34 points to trade at 14.63 at the close. Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX: ) declined 12.52% or 1.75 points to end at 12.23 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX: ) declined 11.17% or 1.08 points to end at 8.59.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 708 to 272, with 72 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, rose 3.46% to 10.76.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.16 percent, or 4.15, to $2,523.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery fell 4.27%, or 3.14, to $70.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 4.77% or 3.70, to 73.82 dollars per barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR was unchanged 0.13% to 0.67.

US dollar index futures rose 0.10% to 101.73.