North American stocks fell Tuesday, as investors worried over inflationary pressures and rising interest rates.

The S&P/TSX composite index gave up 108.49, or 0.78%, to 13,724.33 in a volatile day of trading which say the market rise to 13,852.07 and drop as low as 13,721.71.

Nine of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down. Only consumer staples ended in the black, moving up 0.13%.

The energy index closed down 0.90%.

Light, sweet crude futures lost 62¢ to finish at US$65.35 a barrel.

Imperial Oil Ltd. fell 40¢, or 0.81%, to $49.16.

The materials index lost 1.11%, while the gold sub-index gave up 1.46%.

Gold futures fell $5.90 to close at US$653.10 an ounce.

Eldorado Gold Corp. gave up 5¢, or 0.83%, to $5.94.

The financials group fell 0.49%.

Toronto-Dominion Bank fell $1.23, or 1.67%, to $72.26.

The Canadian dollar lost 0.56 of a cent to US93.73¢.

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index fell 63.77 points, or 2%, to 3,129.92.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 129.95, or 0.97%, to 13,295.01, the Nasdaq composite index gave up 22.38, or 0.87%, to 2,549.77, and the S&P 500 dropped 16.12, or 1.07%, to 1,493.00.