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 rose 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:), which rose 14.79% or 1.62 points to trade at 12.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Centerra Gold Inc (TO:) added 6.90% or 0.40 points to end at 6.20 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:) was up 4.86% or 0.45 points to 9.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NFI Group Inc (TO:), which fell 14.31% or 4.86 points to trade at 29.10 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TO:) declined 10.55% or 0.500 points to end at 4.240 and Bombardier Inc (TO:) was down 3.79% or 0.080 points to 2.030.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 580 to 509 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in NFI Group Inc (TO:) fell to 52-week lows; down 14.31% or 4.86 to 29.10.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.17% to 17.39 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 4.95 to $1293.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.44% or 0.23 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 0.70 to trade at $61.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7542, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.727.
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