Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 7.50% or 0.90 points to trade at 12.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Canadian Energy Services&Technology (TO:CEU) added 7.36% or 0.42 points to end at 6.13 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 6.98% or 1.06 points to 16.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Open Text Corporation (TO:OTC), which fell 6.29% or 4.19 points to trade at 62.46 at the close. CGI Group Inc (TO:GIBa) declined 3.86% or 2.07 points to end at 51.62 and Amaya Gaming Group Inc (TO:AYA) was down 3.58% or 1.08 points to 29.12.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 761 to 710 and 196 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.98% to 13.15.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.83% or 10.10 to $1203.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.53% or 1.45 to hit $58.51 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.91 to trade at $65.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.8320, while CAD/EUR fell 1.08% to 0.7485.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.92% at 95.31.