Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Exchange Income Corporation (TO:EIF), which rose 4.45% or 1.340 points to trade at 31.430 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 3.80% or 0.710 points to end at 19.400 and BRP Inc (TO:DOO) was up 2.81% or 1.64 points to 59.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP), which lost 7.80% or 1.67 points to trade at 19.75 in late trade. Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) declined 7.53% or 2.77 points to end at 34.06 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) shed 7.53% or 1.25 points to 15.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 629 to 448 and 138 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 2.33% to 16.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.30 to $1225.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.60% or 1.87 to hit $70.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.39% or 1.13 to trade at $80.28 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.67% to 0.7680, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 95.34.