Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.63% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Air Canada (TO:AC), which rose 10.76% or 2.510 points to trade at 25.840 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) added 8.58% or 0.96 points to end at 12.15 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE) was up 8.36% or 0.96 points to 12.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF), which lost 3.80% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.29 in late trade. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 3.70% or 0.080 points to end at 2.080 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) shed 3.60% or 0.20 points to 5.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 644 to 440 and 155 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 12.17% to 11.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.08 to $1304.52 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.64% or 0.82 to hit $50.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.09 to trade at $56.23 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.8111, while CAD/EUR rose 0.50% to 0.6816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 92.19.