Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.74% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were DH Corp (TO:DH), which rose 13.97% or 2.68 points to trade at 21.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) added 7.41% or 0.58 points to end at 8.41 and Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) was up 6.75% or 1.32 points to 20.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which fell 4.59% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.080 at the close. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 4.17% or 0.100 points to end at 2.300 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was down 3.76% or 0.78 points to 19.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 649 to 550 and 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.75% or 1.32 to 20.87.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.29% to 9.69 a new 3-months low.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.35% or 4.05 to $1174.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.12% or 1.08 to hit $49.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 0.90 to trade at $53.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.35% to 0.7553, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.7026.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 100.25.