Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the added 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the were Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:), which rose 7.18% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:) added 7.01% or 0.78 points to end at 11.91 and SSR Mining Inc (TSX:) was up 6.89% or 0.42 points to 6.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:), which fell 3.61% or 0.93 points to trade at 24.81 at the close. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:) declined 2.68% or 0.26 points to end at 9.44 and ATS Corporation (TSX:) was down 2.53% or 1.13 points to 43.59.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 663 to 278 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.01% or 0.78 to 11.91.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 10.31% to 8.77.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.31% or 30.65 to $2,364.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.06% or 0.88 to hit $83.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.87 to trade at $87.11 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.09% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 105.03.
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