Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 8.31% or 113.11 points to trade at 1474.68 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) added 7.09% or 1.02 points to end at 15.40 and Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) was up 6.57% or 0.66 points to 10.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Air Canada (TSX:AC), which lost 10.06% or 2.65 points to trade at 23.69 in late trade. CI Financial Corp (TSX:CIX) declined 4.65% or 0.79 points to end at 16.21 and Northland Power Inc . (TSX:NPI) shed 4.39% or 1.97 points to 42.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 567 to 517 and 108 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 February delivery was up 0.64% or 11.85 to $1867.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.24 to trade at $51.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7844, while CAD/EUR fell 0.59% to 0.6439.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 90.248.