Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.25% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hexo Corp (TO:HEXO), which rose 12.03% or 0.9500 points to trade at 8.8500 at the close. Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) added 6.15% or 0.460 points to end at 7.940 and CannTrust Holdings Inc (TO:TRST) was up 6.04% or 0.5500 points to 9.6600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD), which lost 10.10% or 2.040 points to trade at 18.160 in late trade. Aphria Inc (TO:APHA) declined 9.59% or 1.110 points to end at 10.470 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC) shed 4.50% or 1.45 points to 30.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 533 to 527 and 131 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 2.51% to 11.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1276.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.47% or 0.30 to hit $63.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $71.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7492, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.648.