Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which rose 14.69% or 0.36 points to trade at 2.81 at the close. Whitecap Resources Inc . (TO:WCP) added 7.68% or 0.41 points to end at 5.75 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 6.70% or 0.39 points to 6.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSR Mining Inc (TO:SSRM), which lost 3.47% or 0.58 points to trade at 16.14 in late trade. Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) declined 3.11% or 0.630 points to end at 19.600 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) shed 2.56% or 1.110 points to 42.270.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 598 to 465 and 137 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 2.75% to 12.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.75 to $1312.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.77% or 0.49 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $71.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7509, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.520.