Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 2.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR), which rose 17.94% or 8.66 points to trade at 56.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 12.33% or 26.14 points to end at 238.20 and Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) was up 8.92% or 1.85 points to 22.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG), which fell 3.92% or 0.73 points to trade at 17.88 at the close. Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) declined 3.70% or 0.33 points to end at 8.60 and Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE) was down 3.38% or 0.100 points to 2.860.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 833 to 551 and 173 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.70% or 0.33 to 8.60.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 8.38% to 24.27.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.12% or 12.60 to $1114.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $45.40 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.32 to trade at $48.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.54% to 0.7490, while CAD/EUR rose 1.19% to 0.6701.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 96.41.