Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the REITs, Consumer Staples and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cascades Inc . (TSX:CAS), which rose 5.14% or 0.58 points to trade at 11.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter Pipeline Ltd (TSX:IPL) added 4.84% or 1.00 points to end at 21.67 and Alaris Royalty Corp . (TSX:AD) was up 4.58% or 0.860 points to 19.640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR), which fell 3.31% or 1.61 points to trade at 47.10 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) declined 2.66% or 0.360 points to end at 13.170 and Ag Growth International Inc (TSX:AFN) was down 2.62% or 1.43 points to 53.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 679 to 365 and 121 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.74% to 10.64 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.96% or 13.55 to $1421.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.10% or 1.18 to hit $57.43 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $63.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7655, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.330.
