Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Telus International Cda Inc (TSX:TIXT), which rose 5.71% or 0.74 points to trade at 13.69 at the close. Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u) added 5.04% or 0.34 points to end at 7.09 and TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII) was up 4.99% or 7.69 points to 161.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP), which lost 4.32% or 1.01 points to trade at 22.39 in late trade. Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL) declined 3.00% or 0.72 points to end at 23.32 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) shed 2.85% or 0.74 points to 25.26.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 553 to 405 and 125 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 down 0.79% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.20 to $1,981.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.45% or 0.34 to hit $75.32 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $79.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.76, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.25% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 100.00.