Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ECN Capital Corp (TO:ECN), which rose 2.71% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.79 at the close. Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) added 2.45% or 1.99 points to end at 83.10 and Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TO:MFI) was up 2.39% or 0.80 points to 34.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which lost 7.07% or 1.40 points to trade at 18.39 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM) declined 5.71% or 0.41 points to end at 6.77 and Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) shed 5.20% or 0.21 points to 3.83.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 627 to 466 and 111 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 up 2.68% to 13.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.06% or 13.30 to $1242.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.66% or 3.45 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 6.12% or 4.83 to trade at $74.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.72% to 0.7571, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.6484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 94.48.