Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.34% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO), which rose 15.87% or 0.3300 points to trade at 2.4100 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) added 15.02% or 0.350 points to end at 2.680 and Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA) was up 6.01% or 0.390 points to 6.880 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO), which lost 12.28% or 1.260 points to trade at 9.000 in late trade. Cogeco Communications Inc (TSX:CCA) declined 9.39% or 10.60 points to end at 102.32 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) shed 5.14% or 1.14 points to 21.03.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 616 to 422 and 125 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 up 7.85% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.71% or 10.95 to $1555.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $58.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.21 to trade at $64.28 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7665, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.960.