Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.39% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB), which rose 12.92% or 1.94 points to trade at 16.95 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 10.91% or 3.530 points to end at 35.900 and ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) was up 6.82% or 0.090 points to 1.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which lost 7.06% or 0.810 points to trade at 10.660 in late trade. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) declined 4.58% or 0.260 points to end at 5.420 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) shed 4.35% or 0.29 points to 6.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 639 to 519 and 105 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 1.17% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1314.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.34% or 1.41 to hit $61.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.32 to trade at $67.89 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7974, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.6638.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 91.91.