Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.98% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Air Canada (TSX:AC), which rose 13.82% or 2.21 points to trade at 18.20 at the close. Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ) added 12.88% or 1.97 points to end at 17.27 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) was up 9.09% or 0.79 points to 9.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCL Industries Inc (TSX:CCLb), which lost 2.55% or 1.14 points to trade at 43.59 in late trade. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) declined 2.25% or 29.86 points to end at 1295.30 and Lundin Gold Inc (TSX:LUG) shed 1.84% or 0.23 points to 12.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 833 to 223 and 92 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 August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.55 to $1813.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.69% or 0.68 to hit $40.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 0.72 to trade at $43.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.80% to 0.7403, while CAD/EUR rose 0.68% to 0.6485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.993.