Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.37%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the REITs, Real Estate and IT sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.37% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB), which rose 7.66% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.39 at the close. Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u) added 6.49% or 0.31 points to end at 5.09 and Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) was up 4.92% or 0.38 points to 8.11 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 3.21% or 0.52 points to trade at 15.69 in late trade. Boralex Inc (TSX:BLX) declined 1.89% or 0.63 points to end at 32.66 and Northland Power Inc . (TSX:NPI) shed 1.75% or 0.39 points to 21.91.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 614 to 317 and 105 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 up 0.62% to 11.41.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.80 to $2,549.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.64% or 1.20 to hit $71.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 1.08 to trade at $76.12 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.06.