Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM), which rose 9.95% or 1.93 points to trade at 21.33 at the close. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) added 8.72% or 2.71 points to end at 33.80 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 8.18% or 0.18 points to 2.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which lost 18.01% or 2.81 points to trade at 12.79 in late trade. Gibson Energy Inc . (TSX:GEI) declined 4.16% or 1.01 points to end at 23.24 and Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:IMO) shed 3.54% or 1.53 points to 41.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 579 to 442 and 121 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.03% or 18.45 to $1770.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, {{8849|Crude Oil} for delivery in December fell 4.59% or 3.85 to hit $80.06 a barrel, while the January Brent Oil contract fell 3.99% or 3.38 to trade at $81.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.8065, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6952.
US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 93.948.