Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.25% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hexo Corp (TO:HEXO), which rose 12.03% or 0.9500 points to trade at 8.8500 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) added 6.15% or 0.460 points to end at 7.940 and CannTrust Holdings Inc (TO:TRST) was up 6.04% or 0.5500 points to 9.6600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD), which fell 10.10% or 2.040 points to trade at 18.160 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APHA) declined 9.59% or 1.110 points to end at 10.470 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC) was down 4.50% or 1.45 points to 30.77.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 533 to 527 and 131 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.51% to 11.01.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1276.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.47% or 0.30 to hit $63.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $71.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7493, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.648.
