Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, REITs and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:CPG), which rose 5.85% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.52 at the close. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) added 5.63% or 0.090 points to end at 1.690 and Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) was up 5.19% or 1.080 points to 21.870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which lost 9.09% or 0.99 points to trade at 9.90 in late trade. TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) declined 4.36% or 0.37 points to end at 8.12 and Boardwalk REIT (TSX:BEI_u) shed 4.12% or 1.70 points to 39.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 528 to 510 and 133 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 0.32% to 12.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.44% or 6.30 to $1412.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.37% or 1.37 to hit $59.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $65.48 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7621, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6702.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.720.