Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Financials and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI), which rose 6.13% or 0.40 points to trade at 6.92 at the close. Meanwhile, IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) added 4.70% or 0.270 points to end at 6.020 and Tricon Capital Group Inc (TO:TCN) was up 4.00% or 0.45 points to 11.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which fell 15.25% or 1.54 points to trade at 8.56 at the close. Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) declined 13.10% or 0.330 points to end at 2.190 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was down 5.67% or 0.31 points to 5.16.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 594 to 532 and 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) fell to 3-years lows; losing 15.25% or 1.54 to 8.56. Shares in Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.10% or 0.330 to 2.190. Shares in Tricon Capital Group Inc (TO:TCN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.00% or 0.45 to 11.71.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.78% to 13.31.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.53% or 6.73 to $1268.83 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.60% or 1.29 to hit $48.37 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.76% or 1.44 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.39% to 0.7402, while CAD/EUR fell 0.86% to 0.6586.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 96.93.