Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which rose 10.45% or 0.300 points to trade at 3.170 at the close. Just Energy Group Inc . (TO:JE) added 7.92% or 0.51 points to end at 6.95 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was up 7.80% or 0.170 points to 2.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD), which lost 4.44% or 0.28 points to trade at 6.03 in late trade. Surge Energy Inc . (TO:SGY) declined 3.39% or 0.100 points to end at 2.850 and Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG) shed 3.35% or 0.60 points to 17.31.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 613 to 517 and 151 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 2.57% to 15.17.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1256.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.00% or 0.51 to hit $50.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.54 to trade at $51.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7542, while CAD/EUR rose 0.45% to 0.6850.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 97.96.