TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (20,086.72, down 259.81):
Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TECK.B). Materials. Down $1.72, or 3.18 per cent, to $52.35 on 18.7 million shares.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 42 cents, or 0.89 per cent, to $46.64 on 17.1 million shares.
Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Materials. Down two cents, or 0.09 per cent, to $21.52 on 10.3 million shares.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Energy. Down 31 cents, or 0.39 per cent, to $79.33 on 7.8 million shares.
Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Down 62 cents, or 2.29 per cent, to $26.44 on 7.7 million shares.
Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Energy. Down 20 cents, or 3.71 per cent, to $5.19 on 6.8 million shares.
Companies in the news:
WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP). Down 24 cents, or 0.14 per cent, to $174.20. The head of WSP Global Inc. said it aims to keep growing apace following its latest spate of acquisitions, as he aspires to boost earnings and, eventually, vault into the same competitive arena as the world's largest professional services firms. The engineering outfit projects between $10 billion and $10.6 billion in revenues this year, marking a jump of up to 19 per cent from 2022, chief executive Alexandre L'Heureux said Thursday. He forecasted adjusted earnings growth for 2023 of about 18 per cent, or between $1.76 billion and $1.84 billion.
Transat AT Inc. (TSX:TRZ). Down two cents, or 0.59 per cent, to $3.36. Transat AT Inc. reported a $56.6-million loss in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $114.3 million a year earlier as its revenue more than tripled. Transat chief executive Annick Guérard said the company is on an upswing and is headed for a return to profitability. The travel company said the loss amounted to $1.49 per diluted share for the quarter ended Jan. 31. compared with a loss of $3.03 per diluted share a year earlier.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 9,2023.
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