Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Energy and Materials sectors led shares higher.At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.54%.The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which rose 22.61% or 0.85 points to trade at 4.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU) added 19.82% or 1.08 points to end at 6.53 and Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) was up 17.75% or 0.30 points to 1.99 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb), which fell 2.94% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.32 at the close. Dominion Diamond Corp (TO:DDC) declined 2.64% or 0.37 points to end at 13.64 and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TO:FFH) was down 2.35% or 15.47 points to 643.95.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 935 to 500 and 218 ended unchanged.The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.69% to 16.86.Gold for February delivery was down 0.44% or 4.70 to $1069.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.66% or 1.69 to hit $37.83 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.43% or 1.60 to trade at $37.71 a barrel.CAD/USD was up 0.46% to 0.7217, while CAD/EUR rose 0.85% to 0.6612.The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.36.
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