Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO), which rose 3.19% or 0.59 points to trade at 19.07 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) added 2.94% or 0.82 points to end at 28.67 and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TSX:RBA) was up 2.63% or 2.01 points to 78.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 7.87% or 0.30 points to trade at 3.51 in late trade. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) declined 7.28% or 0.35 points to end at 4.46 and Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) shed 7.16% or 1.96 points to 25.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 762 to 276 and 102 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 7.37% to 18.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.59% or 10.70 to $1,812.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.09% or 0.87 to hit $78.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 1.01 to trade at $83.67 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.63% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.34% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 104.24.