Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD), which rose 9.82% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU) added 7.42% or 0.94 points to end at 13.61 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) was up 5.42% or 0.200 points to 3.890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which fell 7.02% or 1.460 points to trade at 19.340 at the close. Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF) declined 6.61% or 0.150 points to end at 2.120 and Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) was down 6.04% or 1.71 points to 26.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 610 to 508 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.61% or 0.150 to 2.120.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 16.84% to 13.32.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 5.80 to $1208.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.62% or 1.13 to hit $70.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $79.22 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.53% to 0.7748, while CAD/EUR rose 0.45% to 0.6636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.10.