Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Encana Corporation (TO:ECA), which rose 13.40% or 1.06 points to trade at 8.97 at the close. Intertain Group (TO:IT) added 10.65% or 1.13 points to end at 11.74 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 8.21% or 0.70 points to 9.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF), which lost 7.86% or 0.58 points to trade at 6.80 in late trade. Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO) declined 6.61% or 1.02 points to end at 14.41 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) shed 5.82% or 2.09 points to 33.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 459 to 350 and 99 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 1.61% to 16.52.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.10% or 13.95 to $1278.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.20% or 1.43 to hit $46.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.15% or 1.89 to trade at $47.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.49% to 0.7782, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6811.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 93.81.