Canada Stock Market Summary

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, with losses in the Materials, IT, and Industrials sectors leading shares down.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.22%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were:
– Secure Energy Services Inc. (TSX:SES), which rose 9.88% or 1.36 points to trade at 15.13 at the close.
– Capital Power Corporation (TSX:CPX) added 7.72% or 3.89 points to end at 54.30.
– Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) was up 7.03% or 5.59 points to 85.09 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers included:
– Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN), which fell 3.85% or 0.76 points to trade at 18.99.
– Fortuna Mining Corp (TSX:FVI) declined 3.67% or 0.27 points to end at 7.09.
– Seabridge Gold Inc. (TSX:SEA) was down 3.58% or 0.95 points to 25.55.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 479 to 439, with 107 ending unchanged.

Shares in Secure Energy Services Inc. reached a 5-year high, gaining 9.88% to 15.13. Capital Power Corporation saw an all-time high, up 7.72% to 54.30.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, decreased by 1.37% to 11.48.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 16.20 to $2,797.30 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for December delivery rose 2.60% or 1.75 to $68.96 a barrel.
• The January Brent oil contract rose 2.52% or 1.78 to trade at $72.51 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• CAD/USD was unchanged at 0.72.
• CAD/EUR remained unchanged at 0.66.
• US Dollar Index Futures decreased 0.21% to 103.98.