Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Staples and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL), which rose 8.16% or 1.68 points to trade at 22.28 at the close. Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI) added 7.14% or 0.17 points to end at 2.55 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) was up 5.83% or 0.82 points to 14.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 4.95% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.69 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 3.92% or 0.74 points to end at 18.16 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR) shed 3.89% or 0.23 points to 5.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 514 to 447 and 110 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 0.69% to 11.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.20% or 4.05 to $2,028.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.26% or 0.91 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.82 to trade at $76.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.26% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 102.10.