Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.19%

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.19%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD), which rose 13.28% or 2.48 points to trade at 21.15 at the close. Aya Gold&Silver Inc (TSX:AYA) added 6.44% or 1.12 points to end at 18.52 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 4.55% or 0.11 points to 2.53 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Magna International Inc (TSX:MG), which lost 5.48% or 3.15 points to trade at 54.38 in late trade. Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) declined 4.14% or 3.65 points to end at 84.50 and Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) shed 4.09% or 0.21 points to 4.92.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 539 to 390 and 113 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 5.40% to 10.51.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 5.95 to $2,682.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.46% or 1.76 to hit $69.80 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 1.44 to trade at $73.03 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.06% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 100.68.