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 rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM), which rose 9.95% or 1.93 points to trade at 21.33 at the close. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) added 8.72% or 2.71 points to end at 33.80 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 8.18% or 0.18 points to 2.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which lost 18.01% or 2.81 points to trade at 12.79 in late trade. Gibson Energy Inc . (TSX:GEI) declined 4.16% or 1.01 points to end at 23.24 and Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:IMO) shed 3.54% or 1.53 points to 41.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 579 to 442 and 121 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 unchanged 0% to 17.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.03% or 18.45 to $1770.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.59% or 3.85 to hit $80.06 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.99% or 3.38 to trade at $81.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.8065, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.948.