Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which rose 9.88% or 0.42 points to trade at 4.67 at the close. Meanwhile, MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 7.83% or 0.49 points to end at 6.75 and Encana Corporation (TO:ECA) was up 6.38% or 0.95 points to 15.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enghouse Systems Ltd (TO:ENGH), which fell 9.37% or 5.90 points to trade at 57.10 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS) declined 3.18% or 0.62 points to end at 18.89 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) was down 2.80% or 0.090 points to 3.130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 826 to 344 and 113 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 9.45% to 11.40.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.26% or 3.25 to $1252.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.21% or 1.07 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.02 to trade at $52.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.44% to 0.7505, while CAD/EUR rose 0.80% to 0.6964.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 99.77.