Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX), which rose 9.63% or 0.47 points to trade at 5.35 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) added 8.28% or 0.26 points to end at 3.40 and Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) was up 8.19% or 1.39 points to 18.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE), which lost 6.01% or 0.36 points to trade at 5.63 in late trade. ECN Capital Corp (TSX:ECN) declined 4.15% or 0.12 points to end at 2.77 and Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) shed 3.27% or 0.28 points to 8.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 792 to 244 and 75 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 2.41% to 18.25.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.81% or 14.95 to $1,861.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.90% or 3.77 to hit $73.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 4.99% or 4.10 to trade at $78.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.44% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR rose 0.93% to 0.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 104.01.