Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the REITs, Consumer Staples and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cascades Inc . (TSX:CAS), which rose 5.14% or 0.58 points to trade at 11.86 at the close. Inter Pipeline Ltd (TSX:IPL) added 4.84% or 1.00 points to end at 21.67 and Alaris Royalty Corp . (TSX:AD) was up 4.58% or 0.860 points to 19.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR), which lost 3.31% or 1.61 points to trade at 47.10 in late trade. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) declined 2.66% or 0.360 points to end at 13.170 and Ag Growth International Inc (TSX:AFN) shed 2.62% or 1.43 points to 53.16.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 679 to 365 and 121 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 4.74% to 10.64 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.96% or 13.55 to $1421.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.10% or 1.18 to hit $57.43 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $63.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7655, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.330.