Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.77% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which rose 9.95% or 0.44 points to trade at 4.86 at the close. Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TSX:BAD) added 8.22% or 2.45 points to end at 32.25 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) was up 7.84% or 0.92 points to 12.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG), which lost 3.80% or 0.89 points to trade at 22.54 in late trade. Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI) declined 3.28% or 0.21 points to end at 6.20 and SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) shed 3.07% or 0.43 points to 13.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 687 to 375 and 126 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 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for October delivery was up 1.54% or 30.90 to $2039.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.13% or 0.47 to hit $42.17 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 0.77 to trade at $45.20 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.37% to 0.7535, while CAD/EUR fell 0.09% to 0.6353.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 92.845.