Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 8.31% or 0.35 points to trade at 4.56 at the close. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) added 7.27% or 1.58 points to end at 23.30 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) was up 5.22% or 1.34 points to 27.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TSX:TVE), which lost 6.90% or 0.28 points to trade at 3.78 in late trade. Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) declined 6.64% or 0.15 points to end at 2.11 and Freehold Royalties Ltd . (TSX:FRU) shed 6.62% or 0.84 points to 11.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 603 to 408 and 101 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 down 4.01% to 22.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.48% or 26.10 to $1,737.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.08% or 1.07 to hit $98.43 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.36% or 2.43 to trade at $100.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 0.77, while CAD/EUR rose 0.88% to 0.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 106.88.