Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.76%

Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Clean Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.76%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Trisura Group Ltd (TSX:TSU), which rose 4.82% or 1.42 points to trade at 30.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Paramount Resources Ltd. (TSX:POU) added 3.85% or 1.19 points to end at 32.06 and Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) was up 3.15% or 6.58 points to 215.63 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG), which fell 8.96% or 0.87 points to trade at 8.84 at the close. Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (TSX:USA) declined 8.58% or 0.40 points to end at 4.26 and Perpetua Resources Corp (TSX:PPTA) was down 8.01% or 2.39 points to 27.45.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 572 to 406 and 69 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.15% or 6.58 to 215.63.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.61% to 16.52.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.90% or 78.00 to $4,036.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.41% or 0.36 to hit $86.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.54 to trade at $92.03 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.48% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.02% to 0.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 102.15.