Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OrganiGram Holdings Inc (TSX:OGI), which rose 7.14% or 0.21 points to trade at 3.15 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) added 5.72% or 0.550 points to end at 10.170 and Westport Fuel Systems Inc (TSX:WPRT) was up 5.44% or 0.41 points to 7.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included West Fraser Timber Co Ltd (TSX:WFG), which lost 6.37% or 6.57 points to trade at 96.50 in late trade. Boyd Group Income Fund (TSX:BYD) declined 2.82% or 6.48 points to end at 223.52 and Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) shed 2.79% or 0.91 points to 31.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 731 to 343 and 92 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.90% or 15.95 to $1794.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.49% or 1.56 to hit $61.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.24% or 1.49 to trade at $65.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.93% to 0.8004, while CAD/EUR rose 0.96% to 0.6651.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.108.