Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC), which rose 7.73% or 0.75 points to trade at 10.45 at the close. Raging River Exploration Inc. (TO:RRX) added 3.90% or 0.37 points to end at 9.86 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) was up 3.59% or 0.150 points to 4.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 6.30% or 0.86 points to trade at 12.79 in late trade. Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) declined 2.79% or 0.27 points to end at 9.42 and Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) shed 2.31% or 0.080 points to 3.380.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 636 to 514 and 145 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 down 21.14% to 9.44 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.45 to $1257.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $50.87 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.08 to trade at $54.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7451, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6975.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.38.