Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO), which rose 9.40% or 6.28 points to trade at 73.11 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) added 8.65% or 0.81 points to end at 10.17 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 8.60% or 0.24 points to 3.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI), which lost 5.07% or 0.83 points to trade at 15.55 in late trade. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) declined 2.66% or 0.42 points to end at 15.37 and Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD) shed 2.66% or 0.50 points to 18.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 605 to 350 and 94 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 0.71% to 8.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.43% or 10.25 to $2,378.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.99 to hit $82.40 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.69 to trade at $85.35 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.03% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 104.70.