Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 7.35% or 2.88 points to trade at 42.08 at the close. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) added 5.08% or 3.06 points to end at 63.31 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) was up 4.98% or 3.39 points to 71.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY), which lost 4.97% or 4.88 points to trade at 93.37 in late trade. Spartan Delta Corp (TSX:SDE) declined 4.13% or 0.61 points to end at 14.17 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 4.08% or 0.14 points to 3.29.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 562 to 447 and 96 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 6.00% to 15.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.43% or 8.50 to $1,981.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.71 to trade at $77.43 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.33% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.32.