Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR), which rose 5.52% or 0.360 points to trade at 6.880 at the close. Loblaw Companies Limited (TSX:L) added 3.71% or 3.62 points to end at 101.22 and Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TSX:TVE) was up 3.61% or 0.180 points to 5.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which lost 15.23% or 5.56 points to trade at 30.94 in late trade. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) declined 9.66% or 120.46 points to end at 1127.16 and Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD) shed 7.30% or 3.21 points to 40.74.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 516 to 501 and 112 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 18.91% to 25.72.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.35% or 6.25 to $1807.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.11% or 0.10 to hit $88.30 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.38 to trade at $89.54 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.7903, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 95.903.