Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.77%

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.77%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Whitecap Resources Inc . (TSX:WCP), which rose 4.83% or 0.21 points to trade at 4.56 at the close. Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) added 4.05% or 2.67 points to end at 68.52 and Dollarama Inc (TSX:DOL) was up 3.22% or 1.72 points to 55.11 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL), which lost 12.37% or 2.14 points to trade at 15.16 in late trade. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) declined 7.02% or 1.90 points to end at 25.18 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) shed 6.08% or 0.825 points to 12.755.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 637 to 417 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.25% or 42.10 to $1832.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $48.81 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.02% to 0.7800, while CAD/EUR rose 0.31% to 0.6464.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 91.138.