Shares of Barrick Gold Corp. ABX, -1.05% shed 1.05% to C$23.56 Wednesday, in what proved to be an otherwise all-around positive trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE, +0.54% rising 0.54% to 21,344.65. Barrick Gold Corp. closed C$8.29 below its 52-week high (C$31.85), which the company achieved on January 5th. Trading volume of 4.8 M shares eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.3 M.