Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT , Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.09%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Superior Plus Corp (TSX: SPB ), which rose 8.05% or 0.53 points to trade at 7.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Bombardier Inc (TSX: BBDb ) added 6.97% or 5.66 points to end at 86.92 and TFI International Inc (TSX: TFII ) was up 4.63% or 5.12 points to 115.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX: BB ), which fell 9.16% or 0.49 points to trade at 4.86 at the close. Aya Gold & Silver Inc (TSX: AYA ) declined 5.97% or 0.66 points to end at 10.39 and BCE Inc (TSX: BCE ) was down 4.26% or 1.39 points to 31.24.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 554 to 332 and 114 ended unchanged.

Shares in BCE Inc (TSX: BCE ) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.26% or 1.39 to 31.24.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.58% to 14.71.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.44% or 45.35 to $3,191.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.56% or 0.40 to hit $70.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.49 to trade at $74.00 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.03% to 0.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.58.