Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.03% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI), which rose 13.25% or 2.77 points to trade at 23.67 at the close. Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD) added 6.47% or 1.300 points to end at 21.400 and Aecon Group Inc . (TO:ARE) was up 5.33% or 0.99 points to 19.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which lost 6.87% or 3.83 points to trade at 51.94 in late trade. Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) declined 4.78% or 0.330 points to end at 6.570 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) shed 4.43% or 0.21 points to 4.53.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 705 to 383 and 117 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 12.49% to 12.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.07% or 0.85 to $1287.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.12 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $65.95 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7440, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.815.