Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF), which rose 17.37% or 1.72 points to trade at 11.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) added 17.11% or 1.04 points to end at 7.12 and TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:TOG) was up 16.97% or 1.22 points to 8.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which fell 7.85% or 1.81 points to trade at 21.24 at the close. Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) declined 4.52% or 0.81 points to end at 17.12 and Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) was down 4.46% or 0.220 points to 4.710.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 691 to 495 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) rose to 52-week highs; rising 17.37% or 1.72 to 11.62.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 12.51% to 13.15.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.31% or 15.65 to $1175.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 8.49% or 3.84 to hit $49.07 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 8.85% or 4.19 to trade at $51.51 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7441, while CAD/EUR rose 0.52% to 0.7026.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 101.56.