Toronto stocks drifted lower Tuesday on weakness in the energy and information technology sectors.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 23.07 points, or 0.19%, to 12,310.21.

Six of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down, with the energy sector falling 0.89%.

Light, sweet crude for December delivery ended down $1.09 at $58.93 a barrel.

Canadian Oil Sands Trust fell 10¢, or 0.33%, to $29.95.

The materials index gained 0.40%, while the gold sub-sector was up 0.80%.

The front-month gold contract fell 20¢ to $627.70 an ounce.

Goldcorp Inc. gained 80¢, or 2.72%, to $30.25.

The information technology index 2.17%.

Nortel Networks shares fell 28¢, or 10.37%, to $2.42, after the telecom-equipment company posts a net loss of US$99 million.

The Canadian dollar was unchanged at US88.57¢.

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index fell 15.13 points, or 0.57%, to 2,638.82.

In New York, strong corporate earnings news boosted the markets on a day U.S. voters went to the pools for the mid-term elections.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 51.22 points, or 0.42%, to 12,156.77, after reaching a record high of 12,196.32 during intra-day trading.

The Nasdaq composite index was up 9.93 points, or 0.42%, at 2,375.88, while the S&P 500 index was up 3.06 points, or 0.22%, at 1,382.84.