Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML), which rose 8.33% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.21 at the close. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) added 7.31% or 0.68 points to end at 9.98 and Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:CPG) was up 6.39% or 0.32 points to 5.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altus Group Limited (TSX:AIF), which lost 4.08% or 2.65 points to trade at 62.28 in late trade. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) declined 3.72% or 1.84 points to end at 47.64 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) shed 2.49% or 0.49 points to 19.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 546 to 462 and 105 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 December delivery was down 0.69% or 12.55 to $1794.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.22% or 2.27 to hit $72.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.66% or 1.96 to trade at $75.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.49% to 0.7915, while CAD/EUR rose 0.44% to 0.6701.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.502.