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Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS), which rose 4.09% or 5.21 points to trade at 132.50 at the close. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) added 3.49% or 14.80 points to end at 438.64 and TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) was up 2.81% or 0.38 points to 13.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE), which lost 12.01% or 0.86 points to trade at 6.30 in late trade. Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) declined 10.80% or 0.31 points to end at 2.56 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) shed 9.64% or 0.81 points to 7.59.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 821 to 219 and 88 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 4.46% to 22.94.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.07% or 1.25 to $1,840.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.93% or 4.30 to hit $105.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.40% or 3.90 to trade at $110.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 0.77, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.46% to 0.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 103.97.
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