Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.63%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.63% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bird Construction Inc . (TSX:BDT), which rose 11.88% or 3.17 points to trade at 29.86 at the close. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) added 5.07% or 1.00 points to end at 20.74 and Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) was up 4.72% or 3.59 points to 79.63 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u), which lost 4.66% or 1.51 points to trade at 30.89 in late trade. Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) declined 3.26% or 0.25 points to end at 7.42 and Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u) shed 3.23% or 0.18 points to 5.40.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 535 to 369 and 115 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 up 0.09% to 10.72.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 9.60 to $2,625.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $73.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.51 to trade at $76.67 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.49% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.07% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 102.70.