Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Mining and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TO:FM), which rose 5.09% or 0.87 points to trade at 17.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Autocanada Inc (TO:ACQ) added 4.80% or 1.99 points to end at 43.49 and Canaccord Financial Inc (TO:CF) was up 4.47% or 0.30 points to 7.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which fell 4.65% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.74 at the close. Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) declined 4.57% or 0.39 points to end at 8.14 and Alamos Gold Inc. (TO:AGI) was down 3.91% or 0.32 points to 7.87.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 749 to 712 and 191 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 5.98% to 12.89.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.67% or 8.00 to $1186.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.67% or 1.64 to hit $59.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.64% or 1.73 to trade at $63.76 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.37% to 0.8032, while CAD/EUR fell 1.44% to 0.7125.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.68% at 95.34.