Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, IT and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX), which rose 6.49% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.970 at the close. Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) added 5.77% or 0.65 points to end at 11.92 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 5.37% or 1.12 points to 21.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stella-Jones Inc. (TO:SJ), which lost 6.15% or 2.91 points to trade at 44.39 in late trade. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) declined 4.64% or 0.45 points to end at 9.24 and Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) shed 3.92% or 0.14 points to 3.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 585 to 530 and 134 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 0.81% to 12.26 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1325.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.33% or 0.20 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $64.82 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7717, while CAD/EUR rose 0.19% to 0.6241.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.75.