Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Industrials and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which rose 7.58% or 0.450 points to trade at 6.390 at the close. Element Fleet Management Corp (TSX:EFN) added 7.53% or 0.90 points to end at 12.85 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) was up 6.64% or 0.42 points to 6.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 6.52% or 1.44 points to trade at 20.66 in late trade. Canadian National Railway Company (TSX:CNR) declined 6.20% or 9.12 points to end at 138.02 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) shed 3.66% or 0.09 points to 2.37.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 530 to 465 and 136 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 up 0.66% or 12.65 to $1928.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.15% or 1.73 to hit $39.97 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.43% or 1.48 to trade at $41.68 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.10% to 0.7608, while CAD/EUR fell 0.36% to 0.6417.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.668.