Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.36% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 7.35% or 0.83 points to trade at 12.13 at the close. Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) added 3.16% or 2.40 points to end at 78.36 and Shaw Communications Inc (TO:SJRb) was up 2.52% or 0.74 points to 30.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aimia Inc (TO:AIM), which lost 19.05% or 0.36 points to trade at 1.53 in late trade. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) declined 8.51% or 0.40 points to end at 4.30 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) shed 8.42% or 0.32 points to 3.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 779 to 334 and 139 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 up 3.61% to 15.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.51% or 6.43 to $1262.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.72% or 1.73 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.49% or 1.70 to trade at $47.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7557, while CAD/EUR rose 0.07% to 0.6741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.89.