Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.07% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.07%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG), which rose 9.16% or 0.57 points to trade at 6.79 at the close. Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) added 8.95% or 2.22 points to end at 27.03 and Whitecap Resources Inc . (TSX:WCP) was up 8.49% or 0.46 points to 5.88 in late trade.

Biggest losers included OrganiGram Holdings Inc (TSX:OGI), which lost 10.85% or 0.40 points to trade at 3.25 in late trade. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) declined 4.13% or 64.17 points to end at 1491.39 and First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) shed 3.93% or 0.83 points to 20.31.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 543 to 507 and 112 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.57% or 9.90 to $1737.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.59% or 2.76 to hit $62.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.30% or 2.74 to trade at $66.41 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7986, while CAD/EUR fell 0.07% to 0.6670.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 91.662.