Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.04% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cogeco Communications Inc (TO:CCA), which rose 8.94% or 6.71 points to trade at 81.76 at the close. TransAlta Corp (TO:TA) added 6.70% or 0.52 points to end at 8.28 and Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG) was up 4.21% or 0.28 points to 6.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ), which lost 13.67% or 0.380 points to trade at 2.400 in late trade. Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TO:LB) declined 9.81% or 4.52 points to end at 41.54 and Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) shed 7.20% or 0.96 points to 12.37.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 561 to 541 and 108 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 4.01% to 13.16 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.52% or 6.90 to $1321.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.70% or 1.50 to hit $57.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $66.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.7602, while CAD/EUR fell 0.07% to 0.6679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.037.