Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS), which rose 11.33% or 0.34 points to trade at 3.34 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) added 8.33% or 0.33 points to end at 4.29 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) was up 7.53% or 0.39 points to 5.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS), which lost 2.88% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.75 in late trade. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) declined 2.88% or 1.17 points to end at 39.46 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) shed 2.58% or 0.63 points to 23.83.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 757 to 277 and 90 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 up 5.75% to 23.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 9.90 to $1,667.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.31% or 2.82 to hit $88.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 2.30 to trade at $94.04 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR fell 0.77% to 0.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.16% at 109.55.