Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransAlta Corp (TO:TA), which rose 7.67% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.16 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 5.84% or 0.730 points to end at 13.230 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 5.02% or 0.30 points to 6.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 11.54% or 2.74 points to trade at 21.01 in late trade. Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) declined 8.77% or 0.98 points to end at 10.19 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) shed 7.86% or 0.43 points to 5.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 651 to 479 and 126 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 6.71% to 15.91.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1319.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.25% or 1.42 to hit $61.59 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.74% or 1.82 to trade at $64.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7793, while CAD/EUR fell 0.16% to 0.6388.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 90.59.