Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 11.76% or 1.08 points to trade at 10.26 at the close. Meanwhile, First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) added 9.65% or 1.18 points to end at 13.41 and Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD) was up 7.46% or 1.510 points to 21.760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which fell 8.76% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.250 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) declined 4.53% or 0.16 points to end at 3.37 and Encana Corporation (TO:ECA) was down 3.98% or 0.48 points to 11.59.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 632 to 456 and 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.76% or 0.120 to 1.250. Shares in Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.53% or 0.16 to 3.37.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.23% to 13.19.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 8.05 to $1287.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.62% or 0.77 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.47 to trade at $50.33 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.14% to 0.7928, while CAD/EUR rose 0.81% to 0.6732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 93.41.