Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS), which rose 5.24% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.03 at the close. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) added 4.94% or 0.22 points to end at 4.67 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) was up 4.02% or 0.08 points to 2.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which lost 4.59% or 0.19 points to trade at 3.95 in late trade. Jamieson Wellness Inc (TSX:JWEL) declined 4.47% or 1.60 points to end at 34.18 and Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) shed 4.40% or 1.90 points to 41.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 632 to 364 and 107 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 6.60% to 23.43 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 11.05 to $1,682.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.02% or 0.86 to hit $83.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.68 to trade at $89.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.66% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.65% to 0.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.00% at 111.04.