Toronto stocks drifted lower Tuesday, adding modestly to yesterday’s three-digit drop, as investors remain skittish after the market’s recent sell off.

The S&P/TSX composite index was off 12.10 points, or 0.11%, to 10,995.48, dropping below the 11,000 mark after topping out over 12,300 in early May.

Six of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down, with industrials down 0.82% and utilities off 1.48%.

Bombardier Inc. lost 13¢, or 4.13%, to $3.02, while TransAlta Inc. lost 31¢, or 1.34%, to $22.88.

The gold sub-sector gained 2.26% as bullion futures enjoyed a modest rebound of $8.10 to close $580.50 an ounce.

Barrick Gold Corp. moved up 34¢, or 1.11%, to $30.84.

The energy sector moved down 0.35%. Light, sweet crude for July delivery ended down 21¢ at US$69.34 a barrel.

Petro-Canada Inc. gained 43¢, or 0.92%, to $47.07.

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index gained 19.67 points, or 0.79%, to 2,522.27.

In New York, markets ended mixed as investors awaited next week’s U.S. Federal Reserve announcement.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 32.73 points at 10,974.84. The Nasdaq composite index ended down 3.35 points at 2,107.06, while the S&P 500 fell a slight 0.02 of a point to 1,240.12.