Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 14.81% or 0.570 points to trade at 4.420 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 10.16% or 1.04 points to end at 11.34 and Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TO:ZZZ) was up 9.54% or 2.79 points to 32.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 3.65% or 0.69 points to trade at 18.20 in late trade. Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust (TO:DRG_u) declined 3.55% or 0.350 points to end at 9.520 and DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) shed 2.92% or 0.17 points to 5.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 856 to 347 and 122 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 7.65% to 13.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.32% or 4.05 to $1249.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.63% or 0.34 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.23 to trade at $56.28 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.40% to 0.7494, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.7105.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 101.75.