Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, REITs and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM), which rose 8.27% or 1.51 points to trade at 19.77 at the close. Home Capital Group Inc . (TSX:HCG) added 6.36% or 1.78 points to end at 29.75 and Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO) was up 5.93% or 0.1600 points to 2.8600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TSX:BAD), which lost 21.75% or 8.70 points to trade at 31.30 in late trade. Semafo Inc . (TSX:SMF) declined 11.20% or 0.44 points to end at 3.49 and Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TSX:GTE) shed 8.50% or 0.130 points to 1.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 551 to 497 and 113 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 1.48% to 10.66 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.61% or 9.05 to $1492.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.33% or 0.76 to hit $56.47 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.13 to trade at $61.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.19% to 0.7585, while CAD/EUR fell 0.13% to 0.6853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.778.