Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.38% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which rose 12.53% or 1.090 points to trade at 9.790 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 7.52% or 2.30 points to end at 32.90 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 7.09% or 1.51 points to 22.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG), which lost 3.88% or 0.310 points to trade at 7.670 in late trade. Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa) declined 3.67% or 0.91 points to end at 23.89 and Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust (TO:DRG_u) shed 3.06% or 0.460 points to 14.580.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 560 to 534 and 141 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 6.63% to 12.26.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.79% or 0.52 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.39 to trade at $75.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7720, while CAD/EUR fell 0.40% to 0.6557.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.62.