Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Real Estate and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Toromont Industries Ltd . (TO:TIH), which rose 14.65% or 8.45 points to trade at 66.14 at the close. Firstservice Corp (TO:FSV) added 6.75% or 6.95 points to end at 109.95 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) was up 5.54% or 0.59 points to 11.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF), which lost 3.97% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.420 in late trade. Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) declined 3.47% or 0.76 points to end at 21.17 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU) shed 3.46% or 0.160 points to 4.460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 533 to 518 and 164 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 1.97% to 13.45.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.51% or 6.30 to $1231.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.20% or 0.82 to hit $69.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.65 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.88% to 0.7669, while CAD/EUR rose 0.51% to 0.6539.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 94.00.