Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.02% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which rose 5.77% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.650 at the close. Meanwhile, B2Gold Corp (TSX:BTO) added 5.49% or 0.180 points to end at 3.460 and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (TSX:CNQ) was up 3.84% or 1.36 points to 36.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which fell 31.05% or 20.69 points to trade at 45.94 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) declined 4.98% or 3.000 points to end at 57.230 and Sierra Wireless Inc . (TSX:SW) was down 4.93% or 0.86 points to 16.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 743 to 310 and 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 31.05% or 20.69 to 45.94.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 30.22% to 16.03.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.95 to $1279.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $59.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $68.11 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7398, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 98.065.