Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.05%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the REITs, IT and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.05%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI), which rose 6.42% or 0.63 points to trade at 10.44 at the close. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) added 5.46% or 1.55 points to end at 29.92 and Osisko Gold Ro (TSX:OR) was up 5.43% or 0.84 points to 16.31 in late trade.

Biggest losers included BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which lost 2.30% or 0.20 points to trade at 8.49 in late trade. TC Energy Corp (TSX:TRP) declined 2.36% or 1.24 points to end at 51.38 and Allied Properties REIT (TSX:AP_u) shed 2.26% or 0.87 points to 37.58.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 656 to 307 and 93 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.69% or 12.95 to $1895.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.79% or 0.38 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.31 to trade at $51.54 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.42% to 0.7833, while CAD/EUR rose 0.11% to 0.6374.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 89.657.