Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Industrials and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH), which rose 3.58% or 2.33 points to trade at 67.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Loblaw Companies Limited (TO:L) added 3.26% or 2.11 points to end at 66.91 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was up 3.15% or 0.56 points to 18.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY), which fell 5.68% or 0.370 points to trade at 6.140 at the close. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 4.80% or 0.120 points to end at 2.380 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was down 4.61% or 0.43 points to 8.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 774 to 417 and 124 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 22.01% to 18.46 a new 3-months high.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1224.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.79% or 0.36 to hit $45.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.49 to trade at $46.46 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7438, while CAD/EUR rose 0.43% to 0.6965.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 100.40.