Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.36% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 13.24% or 5.200 points to trade at 44.470 at the close. Meanwhile, New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) added 12.59% or 0.180 points to end at 1.610 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was up 11.28% or 0.30 points to 2.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG), which fell 11.10% or 1.29 points to trade at 10.33 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) declined 2.51% or 0.11 points to end at 4.27 and Onex Corp (TO:ONEX) was down 2.24% or 1.69 points to 73.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 857 to 278 and 90 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 9.01% to 18.99.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.65% or 8.35 to $1294.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.84% or 2.41 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 4.39% or 2.58 to trade at $61.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.46% to 0.7567, while CAD/EUR fell 0.45% to 0.6552.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 94.730.