Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA), which rose 14.21% or 2.680 points to trade at 21.540 at the close. ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX:ATA) added 12.47% or 2.84 points to end at 25.62 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) was up 10.22% or 0.47 points to 5.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI), which lost 3.56% or 1.13 points to trade at 30.64 in late trade. FirstService Corp (TSX:FSV) declined 3.06% or 5.57 points to end at 176.55 and Colliers International Group Inc Bats (TSX:CIGI) shed 2.93% or 3.53 points to 116.96.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 631 to 386 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 April delivery was up 0.11% or 1.95 to $1835.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.66% or 0.91 to hit $55.67 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.62 to trade at $58.42 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7830, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 91.138.