Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 17.88% or 2.380 points to trade at 15.690 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) added 12.17% or 0.970 points to end at 8.940 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 12.02% or 1.41 points to 13.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which lost 44.55% or 15.81 points to trade at 19.68 in late trade. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) declined 5.52% or 0.190 points to end at 3.250 and Dollarama Inc (TO:DOL) shed 5.31% or 2.04 points to 36.41.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 842 to 320 and 91 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 3.70% to 19.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.42% or 5.10 to $1217.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.99% or 1.32 to hit $64.86 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 1.30 to trade at $74.61 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.34% to 0.7601, while CAD/EUR fell 0.13% to 0.6714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.85.