Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 14.74% or 3.83 points to trade at 29.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Kirkland Lake Gold Inc . (TO:KGI) added 9.64% or 1.08 points to end at 12.28 and B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) was up 7.63% or 0.270 points to 3.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG), which fell 8.02% or 0.65 points to trade at 7.45 at the close. Concordia Healthcare Corp (TO:CXR) declined 5.08% or 1.39 points to end at 25.95 and Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) was down 4.85% or 2.18 points to 42.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 637 to 527 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. (TO:KGI) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 9.64% or 1.08 to 12.28. Shares in B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) rose to 3-years highs; up 7.63% or 0.270 to 3.810. Shares in Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.85% or 2.18 to 42.81.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.93% to 15.17.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.51% or 6.95 to $1365.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.74% or 0.81 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 0.84 to trade at $48.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7714, while CAD/EUR fell 0.09% to 0.6950.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.15.