Investing.com – At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.21%.
U.S. equities meanwhile were mixed at the close on Wednesday. At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.13%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.32%.
Toronto Stock Market Movers
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV), which rose 7.60% or 0.69 points to trade at 9.77 at the close. NuVista Energy Ltd . (TSX:NVA) added 6.37% or 0.68 points to end at 11.35 and Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TSX:KEL) was up 4.75% or 0.26 points to 5.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included iA Financial Corporation Inc (TSX:IAG), which lost 8.65% or 8.11 points to trade at 85.64 in late trade. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (TSX:WPM) declined 8.00% or 4.78 points to end at 55.00 and goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY) shed 6.74% or 11.63 points to 160.85.
Dow Stock Market Movers
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 1.91% or 1.97 points to trade at 105.27 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) added 1.90% or 1.04 points to end at 55.75 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 1.48% or 0.60 points to 41.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 2.51% or 0.56 points to trade at 21.75 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 2.36% or 1.05 points to end at 43.47 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) shed 2.04% or 3.74 points to 179.70
S&P500 Stock Market Movers
The top performers on the S&P 500 were EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) which rose 10.58% to 37.30, Garmin Ltd (NYSE:GRMN) which was up 8.92% to settle at 133.70 and Coterra Energy Inc (NYSE:CTRA) which gained 6.25% to close at 26.17.
The worst performers were Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) which was down 28.44% to 261.97 in late trade, Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) which lost 6.73% to settle at 144.04 and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (NYSE:IFF) which was down 6.40% to 76.78 at the close.
NASDAQ Stock Market Movers
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Greenbrook TMS Inc (NASDAQ:GBNH) which rose 97.27% to 0.38, Energy Focu (NASDAQ:EFOI) which was up 77.52% to settle at 2.29 and Sizzle Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:SZZL) which gained 75.71% to close at 11.72.
The worst performers were Alpha Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ATGL) which was down 32.27% to 5.71 in late trade, Clean Earth Acquisitions Corp (NASDAQ:ALCE) which lost 31.08% to settle at 0.34 and Biosig Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:BSGM) which was down 31.08% to 0.36 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1485 to 1368 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2225 fell and 1196 advanced, while 129 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.52% to 15.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.24% or 4.85 to $2,034.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.21% or 0.93 to hit $77.97 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.73 to trade at $83.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.20% to 150.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.91.