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Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.78%

Published 2018-12-12, 04:25 p/m
Updated 2018-12-12, 04:25 p/m
© Reuters.  Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.78%

© Reuters. Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.78%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.78%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which rose 7.62% or 1.29 points to trade at 18.23 at the close. Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TO:KEL) added 7.28% or 0.300 points to end at 4.420 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) was up 7.01% or 0.67 points to 10.23 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Aphria Inc (TO:APHA), which lost 5.12% or 0.420 points to trade at 7.780 in late trade. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TO:CAR_u) declined 4.25% or 2.01 points to end at 45.23 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) shed 3.67% or 1.630 points to 42.795.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 729 to 411 and 105 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 up 10.49% to 20.12 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.30 to $1250.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.95% or 0.49 to hit $51.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $60.22 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.19% to 0.7482, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6584.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 97.072.

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