Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TO:WTE), which rose 11.83% or 2.17 points to trade at 20.52 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 9.50% or 0.48 points to end at 5.53 and Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG) was up 9.27% or 0.37 points to 4.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BRP Inc (TO:DOO), which lost 3.72% or 1.39 points to trade at 35.98 in late trade. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC) declined 3.69% or 1.29 points to end at 33.71 and TFI International Inc (TO:TFII) shed 3.58% or 1.43 points to 38.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 564 to 498 and 130 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 7.59% to 13.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 6.75 to $1313.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.35% or 0.80 to hit $60.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.77 to trade at $68.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.20% to 0.7521, while CAD/EUR fell 0.39% to 0.6585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 95.412.