Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which rose 15.77% or 0.38 points to trade at 2.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Enerflex Ltd . (TO:EFX) added 7.34% or 1.17 points to end at 17.10 and Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE) was up 7.11% or 0.180 points to 2.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teck Resources Ltd B (TO:TECKb), which fell 5.38% or 1.52 points to trade at 26.73 at the close. Firstservice Corp (TO:FSV) declined 5.16% or 4.31 points to end at 79.27 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was down 5.02% or 0.230 points to 4.350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 576 to 524 and 128 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.86% to 11.58.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.78 to $1326.92 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.24% or 1.08 to hit $49.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.82 to trade at $55.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.8211, while CAD/EUR rose 0.73% to 0.6908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 92.41.