Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which rose 7.33% or 0.65 points to trade at 9.52 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) added 5.84% or 0.180 points to end at 3.260 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was up 5.16% or 0.240 points to 4.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TO:LB), which lost 4.66% or 2.22 points to trade at 45.38 in late trade. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 3.64% or 0.090 points to end at 2.380 and Colliers International Group Inc (TO:CIGI) shed 2.29% or 2.22 points to 94.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 738 to 379 and 114 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 0.99% to 13.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.30 to $1301.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.47% or 1.65 to hit $68.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.15% or 2.38 to trade at $77.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.00% to 0.7759, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 94.06.