Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY), which rose 4.98% or 1.64 points to trade at 34.58 at the close. MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA) added 4.73% or 1.31 points to end at 29.00 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) was up 3.55% or 0.32 points to 9.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE), which lost 5.28% or 0.21 points to trade at 3.77 in late trade. Dollarama Inc (TSX:DOL) declined 5.14% or 7.61 points to end at 140.56 and Canadian Western Bank (TSX:CWB) shed 4.05% or 2.50 points to 59.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 475 to 449 and 100 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 9.13% to 9.16 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.22% or 5.92 to $2,673.82 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.86% or 1.30 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.24 to trade at $72.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.01% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 106.34.