Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.78%

Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Mining and Materials sectors led shares lower.At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.78%.The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransAlta Corp (TO:TA), which rose 2.75% or 0.13 points to trade at 4.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Extendicare Inc (TO:EXE) added 2.20% or 0.21 points to end at 9.74 and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TO:FFH) was up 2.16% or 13.97 points to 661.97 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were TORC Oil&Gas Ltd. (TO:TOG), which fell 9.12% or 0.50 points to trade at 4.98 at the close. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 8.24% or 0.37 points to end at 4.12 and Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) was down 7.65% or 0.15 points to 1.81.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 689 to 675 and 182 ended unchanged.The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.70% to 19.19.Gold for February delivery was down 0.67% or 7.20 to $1060.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.76% or 1.04 to hit $36.83 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.86% or 1.08 to trade at $36.71 a barrel.CAD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7200, while CAD/EUR fell 0.44% to 0.6586.The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 98.30.