Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX:ATA), which rose 13.41% or 2.45 points to trade at 20.72 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) added 10.94% or 0.50 points to end at 5.07 and Corus Entertainment Inc (TSX:CJRb) was up 10.20% or 0.26 points to 2.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equitable Group Inc. (TSX:EQB), which lost 2.79% or 2.36 points to trade at 82.23 in late trade. Boralex Inc (TSX:BLX) declined 2.69% or 0.91 points to end at 32.93 and Osisko Gold Ro (TSX:OR) shed 2.46% or 0.36 points to 14.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 689 to 409 and 104 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 December delivery was down 0.89% or 17.30 to $1929.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.33% or 0.97 to hit $42.58 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.84 to trade at $45.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.39% to 0.7547, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6401.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.395.