Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Real Estate and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 4.03% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.610 at the close. Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT) added 3.97% or 1.03 points to end at 26.96 and BRP Inc. (TO:DOO) was up 2.58% or 0.69 points to 27.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which lost 16.92% or 2.93 points to trade at 14.39 in late trade. TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:TOG) declined 6.62% or 0.52 points to end at 7.33 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) shed 4.70% or 0.27 points to 5.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 746 to 417 and 138 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 5.71% to 12.58.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.72% or 8.70 to $1204.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.17% or 1.14 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 1.23 to trade at $54.24 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.66% to 0.7541, while CAD/EUR fell 0.94% to 0.7090.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.99% at 101.25.