Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.73% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI), which rose 4.05% or 0.25 points to trade at 6.42 at the close. Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) added 3.96% or 0.390 points to end at 10.240 and Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAAS) was up 3.15% or 0.76 points to 24.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which lost 6.99% or 2.69 points to trade at 35.77 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) declined 6.58% or 0.51 points to end at 7.24 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) shed 5.54% or 1.06 points to 18.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 901 to 276 and 127 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 9.84% to 14.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.89% or 23.39 to $1259.79 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.70% or 0.34 to hit $49.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.50 to trade at $52.15 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7349, while CAD/EUR fell 0.68% to 0.6586.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.74% at 97.37.