Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 2.24% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which rose 7.16% or 1.94 points to trade at 29.05 at the close. Gfl Environmental Inc (TSX:GFL) added 2.85% or 1.82 points to end at 65.62 and Quebecor Inc Class B (TSX:QBRb) was up 1.54% or 0.48 points to 31.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which lost 7.33% or 12.52 points to trade at 158.36 in late trade. Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB) declined 6.81% or 0.16 points to end at 2.19 and SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) shed 6.41% or 0.92 points to 13.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 717 to 225 and 95 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 10.88% to 9.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.20% or 58.64 to $2,603.36 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.86% or 0.60 to hit $69.48 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.30 to trade at $72.89 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.84% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.35% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.10% at 107.84.