Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE), which rose 11.11% or 1.39 points to trade at 13.90 at the close. Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX) added 6.07% or 0.170 points to end at 2.970 and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) was up 4.93% or 4.69 points to 99.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which lost 7.52% or 1.500 points to trade at 18.460 in late trade. Boardwalk REIT (TO:BEI_u) declined 6.41% or 2.65 points to end at 38.70 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) shed 4.99% or 0.29 points to 5.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 683 to 419 and 153 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 1.72% to 13.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.89 to $1279.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.83% or 0.46 to hit $55.24 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.37 to trade at $61.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7831, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6642.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.73.