Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 31.17% or 10.020 points to trade at 42.170 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 20.76% or 1.810 points to end at 10.530 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) was up 19.66% or 1.050 points to 6.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM), which lost 8.51% or 0.55 points to trade at 5.91 in late trade. IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) declined 8.17% or 0.490 points to end at 5.510 and MAG Silver Corp (TO:MAG) shed 8.14% or 0.92 points to 10.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 706 to 390 and 112 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 11.16% to 14.24 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.47% or 17.60 to $1183.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.15% or 2.11 to hit $64.93 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.29% or 1.66 to trade at $70.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.51% to 0.7619, while CAD/EUR fell 0.58% to 0.6711.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.55.