Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which rose 12.06% or 1.20 points to trade at 11.15 at the close. Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TO:ZZZ) added 4.10% or 1.15 points to end at 29.19 and Veresen Inc . (TO:VSN) was up 3.19% or 0.39 points to 12.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which lost 18.78% or 4.91 points to trade at 21.23 in late trade. Aecon Group Inc . (TO:ARE) declined 15.96% or 2.73 points to end at 14.38 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) shed 9.11% or 2.84 points to 28.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 837 to 337 and 128 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 12.83% to 16.01.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.81% or 10.40 to $1298.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.57% or 1.20 to hit $45.47 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.04 to trade at $47.10 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7458, while CAD/EUR fell 0.37% to 0.6729.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 97.46.