Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Energy and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which rose 18.16% or 1.36 points to trade at 8.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) added 14.41% or 1.47 points to end at 11.67 and Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) was up 14.27% or 1.11 points to 8.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb), which fell 12.99% or 0.23 points to trade at 1.54 at the close. CCL Industries Inc (TO:CCLb) declined 5.05% or 9.27 points to end at 174.22 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was down 4.14% or 0.66 points to 15.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 810 to 556 and 163 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.89% to 19.46 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.10 to $1145.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.89% or 0.43 to hit $48.10 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.30 to trade at $51.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.26% to 0.7652, while CAD/EUR rose 0.01% to 0.6807.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.64.