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 declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CCL Industries Inc (TO:CCLb), which rose 3.37% or 8.15 points to trade at 250.25 at the close. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 2.87% or 0.060 points to end at 2.150 and Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) was up 2.78% or 0.52 points to 19.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which lost 6.46% or 0.29 points to trade at 4.20 in late trade. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) declined 4.35% or 0.150 points to end at 3.300 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) shed 3.81% or 1.51 points to 38.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 667 to 468 and 153 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 3.00% to 14.74.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.75 to $1311.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.28% or 1.52 to hit $44.83 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.59% or 1.75 to trade at $46.98 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.7625, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6835.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.03.