Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.88% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Metro Inc . (TO:MRU), which rose 8.78% or 3.52 points to trade at 43.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) added 6.28% or 1.45 points to end at 24.54 and Canadian Western Bank (TO:CWB) was up 4.88% or 1.56 points to 33.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which fell 11.28% or 0.80 points to trade at 6.25 at the close. BRP Inc. (TO:DOO) declined 7.79% or 3.52 points to end at 41.65 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was down 7.49% or 0.170 points to 2.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 641 to 493 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.28% or 1.45 to 24.54. Shares in Canadian Western Bank (TO:CWB) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.88% or 1.56 to 33.56.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.19% to 10.71.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.18% or 15.39 to $1286.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $52.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.52 to trade at $57.40 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.01% to 0.8015, while CAD/EUR fell 0.67% to 0.6820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 93.22.