Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE), which rose 6.71% or 0.61 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 6.57% or 8.94 points to end at 144.99 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) was up 6.20% or 0.47 points to 8.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA), which fell 9.48% or 2.57 points to trade at 24.53 at the close. Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE) declined 4.28% or 0.32 points to end at 7.15 and Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) was down 4.23% or 7.51 points to 170.04.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 467 to 453 and 102 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 11.47% to 16.62 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.34 to $2,794.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.10% or 0.81 to hit $72.96 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.64 to trade at $75.85 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.02% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.79.