Investing.com – Canada: Equity markets ended Tuesday’s session lower; the decline in the healthcare, clean technology and information technology sectors contributed to this decline.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX was down 1.28%, hitting a one-month low.

Credit to the stock for the best performance of the session for the S&P/TSX Index Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) was up 2.18% or 0.50 points to close at 23.45. In second place is Suncor Energy Inc (TSX:SU), which gained 1.91% or 0.85 points to close at 45.44. The title Cenovus energy Inc (TSX:CVE) completes this top three with a gain of 1.75% or 0.43 points to end the session at 24.94.

NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was the worst performer of the session, shedding 8.97% or 0.56 points to close at 5.68. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) is down 8.94% or 0.74 points to end at 7.54. For its part, Tilray Inc (TSX: TLRY) lost 6.67% or 0.27 points to close at 3.78.

Declining stocks outweighed rising stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 830 readings at 197 and 103 flat.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX Index, which measures the implied volatility of options on the S&P/TSX Index, rose 13.65% to 14.07.

On the other hand, gold for April delivery fell 0.34% or 6.25 points to $1.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere, Crude Oil for April delivery fell 0.54% or 0.41 points to $76.14 a barrel, while Brent for April delivery fell 1.50% or 1.26 points to $ lost $82.81 a barrel.

The CAD/USD pair was unchanged 0.61% to 0.74, while the CAD/EUR pair was unchanged 0.22% to 0.69.

The US dollar index rose 0.34% to 104.14.