Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (TO:BXE), which rose 6.69% or 0.20 points to trade at 3.19 at the close. Surge Energy Inc. (TO:SGY) added 5.94% or 0.180 points to end at 3.210 and NuVista Energy Ltd. (TO:NVA) was up 5.46% or 0.380 points to 7.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atco Ltd (TO:ACOx), which lost 5.66% or 2.78 points to trade at 46.35 in late trade. Sierra Wireless Inc. (TO:SW) declined 5.33% or 2.32 points to end at 41.17 and Finning International Inc. (TO:FTT) shed 4.70% or 1.15 points to 23.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 765 to 658 and 198 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 3.35% to 15.73.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1195.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.06% or 1.46 to hit $48.97 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.08% or 1.15 to trade at $56.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7993, while CAD/EUR fell 0.66% to 0.7278.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 97.08.