Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which rose 9.88% or 0.42 points to trade at 4.67 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 7.83% or 0.49 points to end at 6.75 and Encana Corporation (TO:ECA) was up 6.38% or 0.95 points to 15.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enghouse Systems Ltd (TO:ENGH), which lost 9.37% or 5.90 points to trade at 57.10 in late trade. Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS) declined 3.18% or 0.62 points to end at 18.89 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) shed 2.80% or 0.090 points to 3.130.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 826 to 344 and 113 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 9.45% to 11.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.26% or 3.25 to $1252.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.21% or 1.07 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.02 to trade at $52.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.37% to 0.7500, while CAD/EUR rose 0.80% to 0.6964.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 99.77.