Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.50%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.50% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR), which rose 14.87% or 1.17 points to trade at 9.04 at the close. Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) added 11.57% or 0.31 points to end at 2.99 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was up 10.28% or 1.03 points to 11.05 in late trade.

Biggest losers included K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT), which lost 5.40% or 0.51 points to trade at 8.94 in late trade. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) declined 4.68% or 3.94 points to end at 80.31 and Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) shed 4.07% or 1.86 points to 43.79.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 571 to 366 and 111 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 11.97% to 10.15 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.41% or 10.85 to $2,689.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $70.60 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.19 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.45% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 103.36.