TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (20,491.17, up 114.60):
Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Up 51 cents, or 0.39 per cent, to $130.17 on 12.7 million shares.
Bank of Nova Scotia. (TSX:BNS). Finance. Up 74 cents, or 1.12 per cent, to $67.02 on 8.5 million shares.
Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Up three cents, or 5.77 per cent, to 55 cents on 7.0 million shares.
TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up 26 cents, or 0.51 per cent, to $50.80 on 6.8 million shares.
Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Finance. Up five cents, or 0.20 per cent, to $25.43 on 6.3 million shares.
Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE). Energy. Down 11 cents, or 0.49 per cent, to $22.52 on 5.3 million shares.
Companies in the news:
Metro Inc. (TSX:MRU). Retail. Down 20 cents, or 0.27 per cent, to $72.91. Metro workers at 27 grocery stores across the Greater Toronto Area reached a tentative agreement with the grocery giant just after midnight Wednesday morning, narrowly avoiding a strike. The workers, represented by Unifor, headed into bargaining on June 26 with a 100-per-cent strike mandate in hand, and bargaining continued Tuesday leading up to an 11:59 p.m. strike deadline. A strike would have affected some 3,700 workers across the GTA.
Toronto-Dominion Bank. (TSX:TD). Finance. Up $1.04, or 1.22 per cent, to $86.05. TD Bank Group said its stake in Charles Schwab Corp. is expected to translate into reported equity in net income of about C$182 million for its third quarter. The Canadian bank said the results include acquisition-related charges of about C$16 million after-tax and amortization of acquired intangibles of about C$30 million after-tax. TD said its adjusted equity in net income from its investment in Schwab will be about C$228 million in its third quarter.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19,2023.
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