Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.02% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC), which rose 9.05% or 1.02 points to trade at 12.29 at the close. Meanwhile, MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 6.46% or 0.37 points to end at 6.10 and NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) was up 5.74% or 0.460 points to 8.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG), which fell 9.02% or 0.79 points to trade at 7.97 at the close. DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) declined 6.82% or 0.29 points to end at 3.96 and Air Canada (TO:AC) was down 5.71% or 1.460 points to 24.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 602 to 509 and 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in NuVista Energy Ltd. (TO:NVA) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.74% or 0.460 to 8.480.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 13.60% to 13.28 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 6.29 to $1276.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $54.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.46 to trade at $60.48 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.26% to 0.7779, while CAD/EUR rose 0.44% to 0.6691.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.69.