Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 4.86% or 0.55 points to trade at 11.86 at the close. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) added 4.49% or 0.160 points to end at 3.720 and Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG) was up 4.49% or 0.47 points to 10.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb), which lost 16.94% or 1.87 points to trade at 9.17 in late trade. Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX) declined 11.49% or 0.340 points to end at 2.620 and Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) shed 6.54% or 0.280 points to 4.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 576 to 560 and 139 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 1.57% to 11.68 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 4.10 to $1317.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.73% or 0.46 to hit $63.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.22 to trade at $69.04 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.60% to 0.7975, while CAD/EUR fell 0.74% to 0.6671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.07.