Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Tire Corp Ltd (TSX:CTCa), which rose 3.32% or 4.27 points to trade at 132.94 at the close. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) added 2.63% or 1.00 points to end at 39.00 and Magna International Inc (TSX:MG) was up 2.11% or 1.22 points to 59.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 29.03% or 2.825 points to trade at 6.905 in late trade. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) declined 12.51% or 1.17 points to end at 8.18 and New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) shed 12.30% or 0.300 points to 2.140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 856 to 212 and 109 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 December delivery was down 2.34% or 44.60 to $1863.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.75% or 0.30 to hit $39.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.31 to trade at $41.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.61% to 0.7472, while CAD/EUR fell 0.15% to 0.6411.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 94.457.