Toronto stocks were up Tuesday on the strength of the energy and financials sectors.

The S&P/TSX composite index moved up 64.22 points, or 0.53%, to 12,201.15.

Eight of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were up, with the energy index up 1.08%. Light, sweet crude for September delivery closed up 18¢ at US$72.63 a barrel.

Petro-Canada moved up 21¢, or 0.42%, to $49.96.

The materials index was up 0.14%. Gold futures ended down $1.20 to close at US$634 an ounce.

Barrick Gold Corp. lifted 43¢, or 1.16%, to $37.34.

The financials sector gained 0.42%

Bank of Montreal gained 93¢, or 1.42%, to $66.35 after reporting a record quarterly income gain of 30% to $710 million.

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index moved up 17.10 points, or 0.65%, to 2,634.17.

In New York, markets closed mixed as investors remained wary of the prospects of the U.S. economy and uncertain over the Federal Reserve’s direction on interest rates.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 5.21 points at 11,339.84. The Nasdaq composite index closed up 2.27 points at 2,150.02 and the S&P 500 Index finished up 1.30 points at 1,298.82.