Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Financials and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Teck Resources Ltd B (TO:TECKb), which rose 6.65% or 1.97 points to trade at 31.60 at the close. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 4.86% or 0.120 points to end at 2.590 and Air Canada (TO:AC) was up 4.71% or 0.640 points to 14.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC), which lost 7.48% or 0.76 points to trade at 9.40 in late trade. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 6.92% or 1.51 points to end at 20.31 and ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) shed 4.76% or 0.110 points to 2.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 711 to 450 and 129 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 10.62% to 11.53.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.55% or 6.50 to $1192.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.15% or 1.60 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 1.70 to trade at $55.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.40% to 0.7589, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.7172.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.72.