Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.87% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 9.53% or 4.81 points to trade at 55.26 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) added 7.95% or 0.47 points to end at 6.38 and BELLUS Health Inc. (TSX:BLU) was up 7.40% or 0.92 points to 13.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX), which lost 4.24% or 2.33 points to trade at 52.59 in late trade. Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) declined 3.36% or 0.93 points to end at 26.75 and Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) shed 2.86% or 0.40 points to 13.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 714 to 306 and 101 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.90% to 17.00.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.98% or 34.65 to $1,783.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.86% or 2.24 to hit $80.44 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.93% or 2.47 to trade at $86.72 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.03% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.32% to 0.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.75% at 105.96.