Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the REITs, Consumer Staples and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.21% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were West Fraser Timber Co Ltd (TSX:WFG), which rose 5.70% or 5.42 points to trade at 100.53 at the close. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TSX:ATDb) added 3.55% or 1.44 points to end at 42.00 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) was up 3.34% or 1.01 points to 31.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AcuityAds Holdings Inc (TSX:AT), which lost 8.95% or 1.360 points to trade at 13.830 in late trade. Cascades Inc . (TSX:CAS) declined 7.75% or 1.27 points to end at 15.12 and Village Farms International Inc (TSX:VFF) shed 7.53% or 1.27 points to 15.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 518 to 507 and 115 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% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 5.95 to $1737.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.40% or 0.24 to hit $59.57 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.26 to trade at $63.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.51% to 0.7916, while CAD/EUR fell 0.37% to 0.6674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 92.515.