Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.41% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TO:NGD), which rose 22.33% or 0.230 points to trade at 1.260 at the close. Meanwhile, Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC) added 12.76% or 3.46 points to end at 30.58 and Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) was up 7.80% or 0.82 points to 11.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which fell 3.66% or 0.790 points to trade at 20.820 at the close. AltaGas Ltd (TO:ALA) declined 3.02% or 0.76 points to end at 24.44 and Boyd Group Income Fund (TO:BYD_u) was down 2.56% or 3.38 points to 128.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 557 to 519 and 147 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.95% to 14.58.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.78% or 9.40 to $1211.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.49% or 1.03 to hit $70.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.64 to trade at $79.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.51% to 0.7692, while CAD/EUR rose 0.30% to 0.6614.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.80.