Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Clean Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.99% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE), which rose 27.54% or 1.33 points to trade at 6.16 at the close. Martinrea International Inc. (TO:MRE) added 5.99% or 0.72 points to end at 12.75 and Finning International Inc. (TO:FTT) was up 4.69% or 1.15 points to 25.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO), which lost 23.58% or 4.89 points to trade at 15.85 in late trade. RMP Energy Inc. (TO:RMP) declined 10.94% or 0.360 points to end at 2.930 and NuVista Energy Ltd. (TO:NVA) shed 8.79% or 0.790 points to 8.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 933 to 485 and 200 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 5.49% to 15.76.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.18% or 2.20 to $1191.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.21 to hit $60.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.00% or 0.01 to trade at $67.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.23% to 0.8305, while CAD/EUR fell 1.21% to 0.7319.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.13% at 94.19.