Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were B2Gold Corp. (TO:BTO), which rose 6.86% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.180 at the close. Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE) added 6.36% or 0.37 points to end at 6.19 and Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) was up 6.15% or 0.45 points to 7.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canexus Corporation (TO:CUS), which lost 4.37% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.75 in late trade. Capstone Mining Corp. (TO:CS) declined 4.26% or 0.060 points to end at 1.350 and CGI Group Inc (TO:GIBa) shed 4.01% or 2.21 points to 52.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 736 to 692 and 193 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 1.63% to 13.08.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.50 to $1209.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.26% or 0.73 to hit $58.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 0.73 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.8199, while CAD/EUR rose 0.72% to 0.7386.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.64.