Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corporation (TO:CCO), which rose 5.57% or 1.09 points to trade at 20.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) added 3.97% or 0.50 points to end at 13.08 and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TO:CP) was up 3.22% or 7.47 points to 239.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR), which fell 7.54% or 1.33 points to trade at 16.32 at the close. Alacer Gold Corp. (TO:ASR) declined 6.41% or 0.18 points to end at 2.63 and Alamos Gold Inc. (TO:AGI) was down 5.94% or 0.52 points to 8.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 824 to 591 and 200 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 14.86% to 12.83 a new 6-months low.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.38% or 16.60 to $1186.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $56.29 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.29% or 0.80 to trade at $62.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.44% to 0.8179, while CAD/EUR rose 0.53% to 0.7624.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 98.22.