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 fell 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Boyd Group Income Fund (TO:BYD_u), which rose 11.52% or 7.23 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 6.54% or 2.71 points to end at 44.16 and CCL Industries Inc (TO:CCLb) was up 4.37% or 9.98 points to 238.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amaya Inc (TO:AYA), which fell 20.57% or 3.82 points to trade at 14.75 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 16.32% or 1.35 points to end at 6.92 and Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) was down 13.38% or 1.49 points to 9.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 807 to 470 and 300 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boyd Group Income Fund (TO:BYD_u) rose to all time highs; rising 11.52% or 7.23 to 70.00. Shares in CCL Industries Inc (TO:CCLb) rose to all time highs; rising 4.37% or 9.98 to 238.19.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.81% to 18.71.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.18% or 27.20 to $1221.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 4.05% or 1.68 to hit $39.77 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 3.06% or 1.28 to trade at $40.51 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.24% to 0.7569, while CAD/EUR fell 0.97% to 0.6769.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 96.07.