Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 6.65% or 2.830 points to trade at 45.360 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 6.38% or 0.61 points to end at 10.17 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was up 5.54% or 0.280 points to 5.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which lost 10.91% or 5.88 points to trade at 48.00 in late trade. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) declined 5.02% or 4.50 points to end at 85.23 and Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) shed 3.90% or 1.27 points to 31.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 657 to 412 and 138 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 6.64% to 11.67 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.63% or 8.00 to $1270.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.80% or 0.52 to hit $65.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.86 to trade at $74.22 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.17% to 0.7513, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.6486.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.74.