Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Mining and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Alacer Gold Corp. (TO:ASR), which rose 6.52% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.94 at the close. Yamana Gold Inc. (TO:YRI) added 5.87% or 0.30 points to end at 5.41 and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TO:WFT) was up 4.62% or 3.20 points to 72.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 8.66% or 1.99 points to trade at 20.98 in late trade. Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE) declined 7.05% or 0.32 points to end at 4.22 and Newalta Corporation (TO:NAL) shed 6.52% or 0.95 points to 13.63.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 619 to 577 and 190 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 2.10% to 18.66.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.68% or 8.60 to $1268.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 8.41% or 4.46 to hit $48.59 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 5.79% or 3.35 to trade at $54.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.25% to 0.7953, while CAD/EUR fell 0.13% to 0.7006.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.84% at 94.55.