Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Chartwell Retirement Residences (TSX:CSH_u), which rose 1.58% or 0.19 points to trade at 12.25 at the close. Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) added 1.16% or 1.64 points to end at 143.26 and Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE) was up 0.93% or 0.16 points to 17.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which lost 11.84% or 2.90 points to trade at 21.60 in late trade. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) declined 9.94% or 3.47 points to end at 31.45 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) shed 9.81% or 0.82 points to 7.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 822 to 212 and 75 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 15.85% to 25.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.27% or 4.99 to $1,813.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.77% or 3.04 to hit $106.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.60% or 2.91 to trade at $109.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.62% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.23% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 103.96.