Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Waste Connections Inc (TO:WCN), which rose 3.12% or 3.46 points to trade at 114.25 at the close. Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT) added 2.87% or 0.73 points to end at 26.20 and Cott Corporation (TO:BCB) was up 2.82% or 0.42 points to 15.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Encana Corporation (TO:ECA), which lost 5.80% or 0.93 points to trade at 15.10 in late trade. Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) declined 5.80% or 0.73 points to end at 11.85 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) shed 5.17% or 0.260 points to 4.770.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 592 to 583 and 131 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 8.32% to 10.25.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1239.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.36% or 0.74 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.82 to trade at $55.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7605, while CAD/EUR fell 0.35% to 0.7197.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.22.