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 1.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Boyd Group Income Fund (TSX:BYD), which rose 20.60% or 32.88 points to trade at 192.50 at the close. Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS) added 20.54% or 1.21 points to end at 7.10 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) was up 13.50% or 3.98 points to 33.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG), which lost 21.63% or 1.73 points to trade at 6.27 in late trade. CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE) declined 17.62% or 5.86 points to end at 27.39 and TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) shed 5.77% or 0.77 points to 12.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 741 to 300 and 85 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 4.46% to 19.28 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 5.15 to $1,807.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.14% or 1.03 to hit $91.53 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.71 to trade at $97.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.92% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.09% to 0.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.09% at 105.10.