Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Industrials and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Dollarama Inc (TO:DOL), which rose 7.46% or 6.17 points to trade at 88.91 at the close. Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb) added 7.29% or 0.80 points to end at 11.78 and Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) was up 7.19% or 0.71 points to 10.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 7.17% or 2.71 points to trade at 35.10 in late trade. Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) declined 4.99% or 0.71 points to end at 13.51 and Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ) shed 3.77% or 0.13 points to 3.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 644 to 604 and 338 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 down 3.66% to 18.44.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.82% or 10.10 to $1227.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $38.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.13 to trade at $39.98 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.89% to 0.7715, while CAD/EUR rose 0.52% to 0.6808.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 94.82.