Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which rose 4.30% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Brookfield Business Partners LP (TO:BBU_u) added 3.94% or 1.87 points to end at 49.36 and Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) was up 3.51% or 0.04 points to 1.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which fell 6.85% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.680 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 6.33% or 0.520 points to end at 7.700 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) was down 4.84% or 0.390 points to 7.660.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 615 to 482 and 132 ended unchanged.
Shares in ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.85% or 0.050 to 0.680. Shares in Brookfield Business Partners LP (TO:BBU_u) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.94% or 1.87 to 49.36. Shares in Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.33% or 0.520 to 7.700.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.39% to 15.56 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1336.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.11 to trade at $68.23 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.7831, while CAD/EUR rose 0.24% to 0.6378.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.80.