Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which rose 12.37% or 4.20 points to trade at 38.15 at the close. Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) added 4.05% or 0.94 points to end at 24.14 and Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC) was up 3.23% or 0.070 points to 2.240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR), which lost 6.47% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.59 in late trade. Enercare Inc (TO:ECI) declined 5.89% or 1.11 points to end at 17.75 and Raging River Exploration Inc. (TO:RRX) shed 5.55% or 0.34 points to 5.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 695 to 449 and 116 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 0.07% to 15.15.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.65% or 8.70 to $1326.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.08% or 1.30 to hit $61.30 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.29 to trade at $64.50 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.21% to 0.7751, while CAD/EUR fell 0.26% to 0.6245.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.55.