Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Clean Technology, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which rose 6.58% or 0.60 points to trade at 9.72 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) added 6.29% or 0.39 points to end at 6.59 and Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:IMO) was up 5.88% or 1.69 points to 30.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SunOpta Inc . (TSX:SOY), which lost 9.38% or 1.76 points to trade at 17.00 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 7.09% or 1.79 points to end at 23.45 and Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) shed 6.60% or 1.27 points to 17.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 580 to 481 and 104 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 8.95 to $1734.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.52% or 3.19 to hit $60.95 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 5.63% or 3.42 to trade at $64.21 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.16% to 0.7955, while CAD/EUR rose 0.42% to 0.6730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 92.543.