Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.22%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.22%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES), which rose 9.88% or 1.36 points to trade at 15.13 at the close. Capital Power Corporation (TSX:CPX) added 7.72% or 3.89 points to end at 54.30 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) was up 7.03% or 5.59 points to 85.09 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN), which lost 3.85% or 0.76 points to trade at 18.99 in late trade. Fortuna Mining Corp (TSX:FVI) declined 3.67% or 0.27 points to end at 7.09 and Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX:SEA) shed 3.58% or 0.95 points to 25.55.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 479 to 439 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 1.37% to 11.48.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 16.15 to $2,797.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.62% or 1.76 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.54% or 1.80 to trade at $72.53 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.23% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.98.