Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Waste Connections Inc (TO:WCN), which rose 3.12% or 3.46 points to trade at 114.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT) added 2.87% or 0.73 points to end at 26.20 and Cott Corporation (TO:BCB) was up 2.82% or 0.42 points to 15.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Encana Corporation (TO:ECA), which fell 5.80% or 0.93 points to trade at 15.10 at the close. Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) declined 5.80% or 0.73 points to end at 11.85 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was down 5.17% or 0.260 points to 4.770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 592 to 583 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Waste Connections Inc (TO:WCN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.12% or 3.46 to 114.25.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 8.32% to 10.25.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1239.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.38% or 0.75 to hit $53.58 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.82 to trade at $55.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7605, while CAD/EUR fell 0.35% to 0.7197.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.22.