Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Energy and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 11.84% or 1.45 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 7.97% or 0.830 points to end at 11.250 and Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) was up 6.38% or 0.240 points to 4.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norbord Inc (TO:OSB), which lost 6.67% or 3.70 points to trade at 51.74 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) declined 5.75% or 0.300 points to end at 4.920 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) shed 4.32% or 1.290 points to 28.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 576 to 472 and 150 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 1.01% to 13.67.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1227.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.70 to hit $67.86 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.84 to trade at $73.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.22% to 0.7593, while CAD/EUR rose 0.32% to 0.6522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.84.