Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Energy and REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 11.84% or 1.45 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 7.97% or 0.830 points to end at 11.250 and Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) was up 6.38% or 0.240 points to 4.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norbord Inc (TO:OSB), which fell 6.67% or 3.70 points to trade at 51.74 at the close. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) declined 5.75% or 0.300 points to end at 4.920 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) was down 4.32% or 1.290 points to 28.590.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 576 to 472 and 150 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.01% to 13.67.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.40 to $1227.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.01% or 0.68 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.78 to trade at $72.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.24% to 0.7594, while CAD/EUR rose 0.34% to 0.6523.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.83.