Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were EQB Inc (TSX:EQB), which rose 12.24% or 5.55 points to trade at 50.88 at the close. Home Capital Group Inc . (TSX:HCG) added 5.38% or 1.32 points to end at 25.87 and IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) was up 3.13% or 0.07 points to 2.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS), which lost 13.41% or 0.66 points to trade at 4.26 in late trade. Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) declined 10.74% or 4.34 points to end at 36.08 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) shed 10.35% or 3.42 points to 29.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 782 to 229 and 100 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 0.23% to 22.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.45% or 7.65 to $1,708.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.78% or 3.36 to hit $85.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.16% or 3.01 to trade at $92.35 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.77% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.12% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.75% at 110.36.