Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Clean Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TSX:VII), which rose 13.47% or 0.87 points to trade at 7.33 at the close. CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:TRST) added 8.80% or 0.2500 points to end at 3.0900 and Genworth MI Canada Inc . (TSX:MIC) was up 8.24% or 3.71 points to 48.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TSX:KL), which lost 9.28% or 5.575 points to trade at 54.515 in late trade. MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG) declined 8.79% or 1.42 points to end at 14.74 and Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TSX:SSL) shed 6.77% or 0.590 points to 8.120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 572 to 480 and 126 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 4.10% to 11.93 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.15% or 16.40 to $1413.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $57.85 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $64.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7574, while CAD/EUR fell 0.05% to 0.6838.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 98.347.