Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 2.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Real Matters Inc (TSX:REAL), which rose 6.76% or 1.03 points to trade at 16.26 at the close. Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA) added 4.81% or 0.245 points to end at 5.335 and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TSX:ATDb) was up 4.51% or 1.63 points to 37.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES), which lost 18.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 1.07 in late trade. Enerflex Ltd . (TSX:EFX) declined 15.67% or 0.84 points to end at 4.52 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) shed 15.60% or 0.93 points to 5.03.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 862 to 224 and 79 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 June delivery was down 1.36% or 24.05 to $1744.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.14% or 0.23 to hit $20.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 5.88% or 1.74 to trade at $27.86 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.53% to 0.7092, while CAD/EUR fell 0.93% to 0.6496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.70% at 99.575.