Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa), which rose 9.92% or 1.90 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD) added 9.67% or 1.930 points to end at 21.890 and Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG) was up 5.98% or 0.97 points to 17.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which lost 5.93% or 0.22 points to trade at 3.49 in late trade. Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP (TO:BEP_u) declined 4.49% or 1.95 points to end at 41.50 and Gildan Activewear Inc. (TO:GIL) shed 3.36% or 1.39 points to 40.01.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 795 to 349 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 down 4.16% to 11.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.07 to $1250.97 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.29% or 0.57 to hit $44.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 0.67 to trade at $47.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.35% to 0.7679, while CAD/EUR rose 0.93% to 0.6744.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 95.75.