Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy , IT and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TSX: NGD ), which rose 19.35% or 0.89 points to trade at 5.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX: GIL ) added 7.12% or 4.22 points to end at 63.53 and Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX: BDGI ) was up 6.45% or 2.38 points to 39.28 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX: IVN ), which fell 5.92% or 0.77 points to trade at 12.24 at the close. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX: VET ) declined 5.45% or 0.48 points to end at 8.32 and International Petroleum Corp (TSX: IPCO ) was down 5.17% or 1.00 points to 18.35.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 445 to 443 and 90 ended unchanged.

Shares in New Gold Inc (TSX: NGD ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 19.35% or 0.89 to 5.49.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.39% to 20.69.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 32.36 to $3,301.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.54% or 2.14 to hit $58.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.38% or 2.14 to trade at $61.14 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR rose 0.87% to 0.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 99.47.