Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Clean Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.33% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Parkland Fuel Corporation (TSX:PKI), which rose 5.07% or 1.74 points to trade at 36.07 at the close. Orla Mining Ltd (TSX:OLA) added 4.61% or 0.29 points to end at 6.58 and Alimentation Couche Tard Inc (TSX:ATD) was up 4.27% or 3.38 points to 82.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which lost 4.33% or 5.28 points to trade at 116.70 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) declined 3.60% or 3.47 points to end at 93.02 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) shed 2.91% or 0.61 points to 20.34.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 572 to 357 and 99 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 3.42% to 10.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 13.90 to $2,660.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $72.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.52% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.87% at 106.04.