Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Clean Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 3.24% or 0.84 points to trade at 26.79 at the close. Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) added 2.28% or 0.56 points to end at 25.13 and Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV) was up 2.01% or 0.17 points to 8.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC), which lost 7.49% or 0.67 points to trade at 8.28 in late trade. Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT) declined 7.40% or 8.61 points to end at 107.82 and Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAAC) shed 5.94% or 0.51 points to 8.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 636 to 349 and 105 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 29.88% to 11.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.43% or 8.85 to $2,043.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $79.21 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.15% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 102.08.