Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.08% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI), which rose 2.20% or 0.26 points to trade at 12.09 at the close. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV) added 1.83% or 0.14 points to end at 7.78 and Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) was up 1.79% or 1.41 points to 80.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL), which lost 8.21% or 1.88 points to trade at 21.02 in late trade. Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) declined 8.11% or 1.33 points to end at 15.06 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) shed 5.15% or 1.26 points to 23.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 788 to 215 and 92 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 16.52% to 15.73 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.70% or 13.80 to $1,960.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.39% or 1.01 to hit $73.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 1.19 to trade at $78.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.65% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.48% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 103.79.