Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP), which rose 4.62% or 1.26 points to trade at 28.51 at the close. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) added 4.33% or 1.38 points to end at 33.28 and Martinrea International Inc . (TSX:MRE) was up 4.26% or 0.42 points to 10.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC), which lost 8.67% or 4.37 points to trade at 46.03 in late trade. Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) declined 5.87% or 5.37 points to end at 86.04 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) shed 5.78% or 0.100 points to 1.630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 576 to 407 and 124 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 2.54% to 18.19 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 5.90 to $1782.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $66.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.18 to trade at $69.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7802, while CAD/EUR fell 0.12% to 0.6893.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.032.