Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT , Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX: FM ), which rose 9.42% or 1.57 points to trade at 18.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Capstone Mining Corp (TSX: CS ) added 8.58% or 0.52 points to end at 6.58 and NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX: NG ) was up 7.83% or 0.47 points to 6.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IAMGold Corporation (TSX: IMG ), which fell 4.92% or 0.52 points to trade at 10.05 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX: TLRY ) declined 4.69% or 0.03 points to end at 0.61 and G Mining Ventures Corp (TSX: GMIN ) was down 4.52% or 0.90 points to 18.99.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 634 to 288 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tilray Inc (TSX: TLRY ) fell to all time lows; down 4.69% or 0.03 to 0.61.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.19% to 24.90.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.40% or 116.30 to $3,303.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.14% or 1.36 to hit $62.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.91% or 1.29 to trade at $66.15 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.47% to 0.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.03% at 99.71.