Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Clean Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.66% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG), which rose 15.89% or 0.68 points to trade at 4.96 at the close. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 5.93% or 0.08 points to end at 1.43 and Superior Plus Corp (TO:SPB) was up 5.57% or 0.52 points to 9.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 5.94% or 0.45 points to trade at 7.12 in late trade. Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) declined 4.40% or 0.94 points to end at 20.40 and Torex Gold Resources Inc . (TO:TXG) shed 4.12% or 0.080 points to 1.860.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 716 to 602 and 333 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.49% to 15.94 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.31% or 16.50 to $1244.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.49% or 0.63 to hit $41.54 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.72% or 0.77 to trade at $43.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.38% to 0.7799, while CAD/EUR rose 0.54% to 0.6915.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.82% at 94.79.