Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which rose 15.10% or 1.62 points to trade at 12.35 at the close. Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) added 10.68% or 0.49 points to end at 5.08 and Secure Energy Services Inc . (TO:SES) was up 3.56% or 0.31 points to 9.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which lost 11.74% or 0.91 points to trade at 6.84 in late trade. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) declined 7.06% or 0.88 points to end at 11.59 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) shed 6.17% or 0.460 points to 7.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 679 to 466 and 142 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 1.63% to 12.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.39% or 17.46 to $1239.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $47.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.14 to trade at $50.60 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.7284, while CAD/EUR rose 0.31% to 0.6690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 99.20.