Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE), which rose 4.20% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.18 at the close. Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP (TSX:BEP_u) added 3.76% or 1.22 points to end at 33.70 and Riocan REIT (TSX:REI_u) was up 3.59% or 0.67 points to 19.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 4.50% or 0.71 points to trade at 15.07 in late trade. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) declined 4.31% or 1.08 points to end at 24.00 and ATS Corporation (TSX:ATS) shed 3.23% or 1.13 points to 33.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 498 to 431 and 93 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 2.04% to 10.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 2.55 to $2,525.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.02% or 1.42 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.32 to trade at $72.43 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.04% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 101.25.