Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 10.63% or 1.70 points to trade at 17.70 at the close. Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) added 10.62% or 0.550 points to end at 5.730 and Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TO:SSL) was up 9.62% or 0.450 points to 5.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA), which lost 6.05% or 2.950 points to trade at 45.780 in late trade. Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TO:FFH) declined 1.85% or 12.21 points to end at 647.47 and Cameco Corp (TO:CCO) shed 1.63% or 0.23 points to 13.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 821 to 347 and 104 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 3.37% to 10.91.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.39% or 4.45 to $1143.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $53.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $56.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.20% to 0.7382, while CAD/EUR rose 0.55% to 0.7082.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 103.21.