Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.02% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which rose 5.77% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.650 at the close. B2Gold Corp (TSX:BTO) added 5.49% or 0.180 points to end at 3.460 and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (TSX:CNQ) was up 3.84% or 1.36 points to 36.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 31.05% or 20.69 points to trade at 45.94 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) declined 4.98% or 3.000 points to end at 57.230 and Sierra Wireless Inc . (TSX:SW) shed 4.93% or 0.86 points to 16.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 743 to 310 and 128 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 30.22% to 16.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.95 to $1279.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $59.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $68.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7399, while CAD/EUR rose 0.00% to 0.6643.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 98.065.