Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSX:RCH), which rose 3.99% or 1.52 points to trade at 39.57 at the close. Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) added 3.04% or 1.27 points to end at 43.09 and CI Financial Corp (TSX:CIX) was up 2.68% or 0.35 points to 13.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS), which lost 5.27% or 0.38 points to trade at 6.83 in late trade. Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) declined 4.17% or 0.46 points to end at 10.58 and Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG) shed 3.41% or 0.34 points to 9.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 520 to 461 and 99 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 1.07% to 12.90 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.63% or 12.75 to $2,006.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.19% or 1.77 to hit $79.13 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 1.74 to trade at $83.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.48% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.29% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 101.67.