Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.60% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which rose 6.85% or 1.09 points to trade at 17.00 at the close. New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) added 5.91% or 0.130 points to end at 2.330 and Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE) was up 5.84% or 1.09 points to 19.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rogers Communications Inc (TSX:RCIb), which lost 4.57% or 2.97 points to trade at 62.08 in late trade. Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY) declined 3.74% or 1.37 points to end at 35.22 and Lightspeed POS Inc (TSX:LSPD) shed 3.01% or 2.64 points to 85.11.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 637 to 442 and 110 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 April delivery was up 0.86% or 14.95 to $1745.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.40% or 0.26 to hit $64.54 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.43 to trade at $67.96 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.8054, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 91.487.