Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 15.91% or 0.35 points to trade at 2.55 at the close. MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG) added 10.53% or 1.56 points to end at 16.38 and TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII) was up 4.34% or 7.05 points to 169.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CGI Inc (TSX:GIBa), which lost 4.51% or 6.11 points to trade at 129.36 in late trade. Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) declined 3.22% or 1.85 points to end at 55.67 and George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) shed 2.66% or 4.17 points to 152.47.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 466 to 464 and 142 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 unchanged 0.00% to 11.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.53% or 10.45 to $1,974.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.87% or 0.69 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.64 to trade at $82.61 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.76, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.50% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 100.78.