Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Dundee Precious Metals Inc (TSX:DPM), which rose 11.39% or 0.90 points to trade at 8.80 at the close. MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY) added 6.13% or 3.72 points to end at 64.44 and Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) was up 5.06% or 0.44 points to 9.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO), which lost 16.73% or 1.30 points to trade at 6.47 in late trade. Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI) declined 5.25% or 0.87 points to end at 15.69 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 4.84% or 0.21 points to 4.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 558 to 446 and 95 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 6.57% to 15.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.17% or 3.25 to $1,906.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.07% or 0.86 to hit $79.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.39% or 1.19 to trade at $84.73 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.77% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR fell 0.81% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.15.