Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which rose 18.12% or 1.87 points to trade at 12.19 at the close. Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) added 7.62% or 0.82 points to end at 11.64 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) was up 7.40% or 1.55 points to 22.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telus International Cda Inc (TSX:TIXT), which lost 10.13% or 4.81 points to trade at 42.68 in late trade. Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) declined 2.74% or 4.48 points to end at 158.86 and Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX:FNV) shed 2.29% or 4.05 points to 173.07.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 687 to 305 and 122 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 0.36% or 6.45 to $1771.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.38% or 1.68 to hit $72.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.76 to trade at $76.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.65% to 0.7852, while CAD/EUR rose 0.83% to 0.6707.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.317.