Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 24.01% or 3.38 points to trade at 17.46 at the close. Meanwhile, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR) added 12.94% or 2.71 points to end at 23.66 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was up 10.63% or 0.34 points to 3.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NFI Group Inc (TO:NFI), which fell 13.13% or 5.91 points to trade at 39.09 at the close. Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) declined 9.63% or 2.52 points to end at 23.64 and IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) was down 8.19% or 0.390 points to 4.370.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 700 to 387 and 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in NFI Group Inc (TO:NFI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 13.13% or 5.91 to 39.09. Shares in Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.63% or 2.52 to 23.64. Shares in IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.19% or 0.390 to 4.370.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.40% to 17.12.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.50 to $1227.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.95% or 0.59 to hit $61.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $72.05 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7626, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6668.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.94.