Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC), which rose 17.26% or 1.16 points to trade at 7.88 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) added 6.53% or 0.13 points to end at 2.12 and Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) was up 6.26% or 0.86 points to 14.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB), which lost 10.32% or 4.14 points to trade at 35.98 in late trade. ECN Capital Corp (TSX:ECN) declined 4.13% or 0.23 points to end at 5.34 and Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV) shed 4.10% or 0.48 points to 11.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 591 to 409 and 95 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 0.59% to 22.16 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.83% or 14.45 to $1,721.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.10% or 2.84 to hit $88.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.96% or 2.90 to trade at $94.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.76, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.65% to 0.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 108.66.