Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.13%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, REITs and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR), which rose 4.62% or 0.35 points to trade at 7.93 at the close. International Petroleum Corp (TSX:IPCO) added 4.41% or 0.73 points to end at 17.29 and First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:AG) was up 2.75% or 0.23 points to 8.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT), which lost 2.42% or 0.30 points to trade at 12.10 in late trade. Winpak Ltd. (TSX:WPK) declined 2.38% or 1.12 points to end at 45.91 and Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:PMZ_u) shed 2.19% or 0.36 points to 16.09.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 479 to 451 and 107 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 10.27% to 11.10.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 9.35 to $2,680.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.69% or 1.18 to hit $71.01 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.60% or 1.18 to trade at $74.74 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.10% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.36.