Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN), which rose 5.71% or 0.58 points to trade at 10.73 at the close. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) added 5.18% or 0.30 points to end at 6.09 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) was up 3.71% or 0.97 points to 27.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 12.38% or 0.88 points to trade at 6.23 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) declined 7.37% or 0.07 points to end at 0.88 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 4.35% or 0.10 points to 2.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 534 to 441 and 107 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 2.50% to 11.30 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.06% or 1.25 to $1,957.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.08% or 0.75 to hit $68.67 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.71 to trade at $73.58 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.45% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 102.54.