Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Staples and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which rose 10.04% or 0.45 points to trade at 4.93 at the close. Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) added 8.17% or 3.84 points to end at 50.84 and Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL) was up 5.91% or 1.30 points to 23.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL), which lost 6.17% or 0.81 points to trade at 12.32 in late trade. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (TSX:WPM) declined 5.54% or 3.22 points to end at 54.92 and MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG) shed 4.43% or 0.93 points to 20.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 603 to 421 and 113 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.73% or 13.70 to $1871.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.25 to hit $41.90 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.45 to trade at $44.20 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.38% to 0.7659, while CAD/EUR rose 0.40% to 0.6456.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 92.323.