Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Winpak Ltd. (TSX:WPK), which rose 7.23% or 3.06 points to trade at 45.39 at the close. SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) added 4.77% or 0.51 points to end at 11.20 and Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX:SEA) was up 3.95% or 0.79 points to 20.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX), which lost 7.80% or 0.61 points to trade at 7.21 in late trade. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSX:CP) declined 6.30% or 7.54 points to end at 112.23 and Canadian National Railway Company (TSX:CNR) shed 4.77% or 8.44 points to 168.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 499 to 444 and 136 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 0.86% to 14.15.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.57% or 13.30 to $2,328.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.71% or 0.59 to hit $82.77 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.42 to trade at $88.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.26% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 105.67.