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 declined 2.56% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Capital Power Corporation (TO:CPX), which rose 2.53% or 0.73 points to trade at 29.63 at the close. Fortis Inc (TO:FTS) added 2.45% or 1.05 points to end at 43.84 and Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TO:AQN) was up 1.82% or 0.24 points to 13.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which lost 9.14% or 1.14 points to trade at 11.33 in late trade. New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) declined 8.16% or 0.080 points to end at 0.900 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) shed 8.05% or 0.280 points to 3.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 883 to 263 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 17.89% to 20.56 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.70 to $1235.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.27% or 0.18 to hit $66.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.30% or 0.99 to trade at $75.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7663, while CAD/EUR rose 0.92% to 0.6723.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.13.