Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Alamos Gold Inc (TSX:AGI), which rose 4.35% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.35 at the close. George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) added 2.79% or 4.12 points to end at 151.60 and Waste Connections Inc (TSX:WCN) was up 2.64% or 4.13 points to 160.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 8.81% or 0.17 points to trade at 1.76 in late trade. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) declined 8.31% or 0.30 points to end at 3.31 and Corus Entertainment Inc (TSX:CJRb) shed 7.79% or 0.31 points to 3.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 641 to 368 and 91 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 0.05% to 21.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.06% or 1.05 to $1,820.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.00% or 2.23 to hit $109.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 1.68 to trade at $112.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.65% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 104.86.