Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF), which rose 18.08% or 0.49 points to trade at 3.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Stantec Inc. (TO:STN) added 9.38% or 2.95 points to end at 34.40 and Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT) was up 8.94% or 2.31 points to 28.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS), which fell 16.55% or 13.19 points to trade at 66.50 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 9.57% or 1.89 points to end at 17.85 and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA) was down 5.65% or 2.120 points to 35.420.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 748 to 373 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Finning International Inc. (TO:FTT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.94% or 2.31 to 28.16.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.40% to 12.57.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.53% or 19.33 to $1281.93 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.85% or 0.42 to hit $49.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.59 to trade at $52.73 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.32% to 0.7869, while CAD/EUR fell 0.27% to 0.6696.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.41.