Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TO:MFI), which rose 6.82% or 1.79 points to trade at 28.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TO:WTE) added 6.68% or 1.14 points to end at 18.20 and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) was up 6.09% or 3.35 points to 58.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gibson Energy Inc . (TO:GEI), which fell 9.58% or 1.79 points to trade at 16.89 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 8.02% or 0.81 points to end at 9.29 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was down 7.86% or 0.70 points to 8.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 472 to 343 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TO:MFI) rose to all time highs; up 6.82% or 1.79 to 28.03. Shares in Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.09% or 3.35 to 58.39.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 9.13% to 17.02.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.82% or 10.65 to $1281.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.62% or 0.27 to hit $43.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.19 to trade at $44.78 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.15% to 0.7769, while CAD/EUR fell 1.11% to 0.6760.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 93.23.