Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX:SEA), which rose 5.92% or 1.04 points to trade at 18.61 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) added 5.32% or 0.20 points to end at 3.96 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG) was up 5.21% or 0.72 points to 14.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CGI Inc (TSX:GIBa), which lost 7.89% or 8.91 points to trade at 104.00 in late trade. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX:CHE_u) declined 7.06% or 0.73 points to end at 9.61 and Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY) shed 3.14% or 1.06 points to 32.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 582 to 462 and 118 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.42% or 6.65 to $1576.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.69% or 0.37 to hit $53.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $58.76 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7576, while CAD/EUR fell 0.15% to 0.6885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.915.
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