Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.01%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and IT sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE), which rose 4.20% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP (TSX:BEP_u) added 3.76% or 1.22 points to end at 33.70 and Riocan REIT (TSX:REI_u) was up 3.59% or 0.67 points to 19.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which fell 4.50% or 0.71 points to trade at 15.07 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) declined 4.31% or 1.08 points to end at 24.00 and ATS Corporation (TSX:ATS) was down 3.23% or 1.13 points to 33.87.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 498 to 431 and 93 ended unchanged.

Shares in ATS Corporation (TSX:ATS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.23% or 1.13 to 33.87.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.04% to 10.98.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 2.55 to $2,525.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.99% or 1.40 to hit $68.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 1.30 to trade at $72.45 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.04% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 101.25.