Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Clean Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.31% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS), which rose 22.56% or 0.90 points to trade at 4.89 at the close. ECN Capital Corp (TSX:ECN) added 5.52% or 0.17 points to end at 3.25 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) was up 4.74% or 0.36 points to 7.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included West Fraser Timber Co Ltd (TSX:WFG), which lost 3.77% or 4.27 points to trade at 108.92 in late trade. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) declined 3.30% or 0.15 points to end at 4.39 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) shed 2.59% or 0.24 points to 9.03.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 638 to 386 and 90 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 0.23% to 17.11 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 11.15 to $1,751.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.36% or 3.53 to hit $77.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.07% or 3.60 to trade at $84.76 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.68% to 0.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.05% at 105.99.