Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Mining and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR), which rose 6.26% or 5.31 points to trade at 90.11 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc (TO:VRX) added 3.82% or 9.50 points to end at 258.29 and Constellation Software Inc. (TO:CSU) was up 3.34% or 16.030 points to 496.280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW), which lost 8.75% or 0.35 points to trade at 3.65 in late trade. Trilogy Energy Corp (TO:TET) declined 7.97% or 0.62 points to end at 7.16 and Bonavista Energy Corporation (TO:BNP) shed 7.67% or 0.53 points to 6.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 759 to 692 and 178 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 10.75% to 14.37 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.66% or 8.00 to $1202.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 5.68% or 3.06 to hit $50.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 5.18% or 3.06 to trade at $56.04 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7972, while CAD/EUR fell 0.04% to 0.7390.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 98.26.