Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TSX:EFN), which rose 6.37% or 0.76 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS) added 5.90% or 0.54 points to end at 9.70 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was up 5.78% or 0.38 points to 6.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE), which lost 8.55% or 1.48 points to trade at 15.83 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 4.30% or 1.24 points to end at 27.61 and Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) shed 3.06% or 2.00 points to 63.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 582 to 463 and 96 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 down 3.34% to 22.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.63% or 12.15 to $1,931.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 8.34% or 8.62 to hit $112.03 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 9.30% or 9.76 to trade at $114.73 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.77% to 0.79, while CAD/EUR rose 0.82% to 0.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.38.