Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT), which rose 15.95% or 1.38 points to trade at 10.03 at the close. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) added 10.01% or 0.76 points to end at 8.35 and Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB) was up 9.50% or 0.21 points to 2.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 5.69% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.99 in late trade. Boralex Inc (TSX:BLX) declined 5.61% or 1.63 points to end at 27.40 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) shed 5.07% or 5.10 points to 95.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 481 to 451 and 84 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 5.05% to 12.90 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.56% or 14.90 to $2,680.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.24% or 0.92 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.86 to trade at $76.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.19% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 108.86.