Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Encana Corporation (TO:ECA), which rose 13.40% or 1.06 points to trade at 8.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Intertain Group (TO:IT) added 10.65% or 1.13 points to end at 11.74 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 8.21% or 0.70 points to 9.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF), which fell 7.86% or 0.58 points to trade at 6.80 at the close. Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO) declined 6.61% or 1.02 points to end at 14.41 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was down 5.82% or 2.09 points to 33.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 459 to 350 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.82% or 2.09 to 33.84.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.55% to 16.53.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.11% or 14.00 to $1278.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.20% or 1.43 to hit $46.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.22% or 1.92 to trade at $47.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.49% to 0.7783, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6811.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 93.81.