Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 17.85% or 13.31 points to trade at 87.87 at the close. iA Financial Corporation Inc (TSX:IAG) added 4.71% or 4.18 points to end at 92.98 and Suncor Energy Inc (TSX:SU) was up 4.38% or 2.23 points to 53.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC), which lost 7.12% or 0.23 points to trade at 3.00 in late trade. NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) declined 6.74% or 0.41 points to end at 5.67 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) shed 6.60% or 1.76 points to 24.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 568 to 350 and 105 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 1.38% to 19.80 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 8.70 to $2,422.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.92% or 2.14 to hit $75.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.92 to trade at $78.40 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.35% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.98.