TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (19,349.66, down 221.44):
TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Down 88 cents, or 1.60 per cent, to $54.09 on 14.3 million shares.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 88 cents, or 2.08 per cent, to $41.41 on nine million shares.
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 50 cents, or 0.94 per cent, to $52.95 on 6.6 million shares.
Lundin Mining Corp. (TSX:LUN). Materials. Down 36 cents, or 4.16 per cent, to $8.30 on 6.3 million shares.
Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS). Financials. Down four cents, or 0.06 per cent, to $65.82 on 5.7 million shares.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Energy. Down 2.26 per cent, or 3.02 per cent, to $72.63 on 5.6 million shares.
Companies in the news:
Superior Plus Corp. (TSX:SPB). Up 38 cents, or 3.88 per cent, to $10.18. Superior Plus Corp. has signed a deal to buy Certarus Ltd., a privately owned distributor of compressed natural gas, renewable natural gas and hydrogen, in a deal valued at $1.05 billion including debt. Superior Plus CEO Luc Desjardins said the acquisition is a strategic and transformative transaction for the company, which is a distributor and marketer of propane. Certarus has 18 hubs throughout Canada and the United States. Under the agreement, Superior will acquire all the outstanding common shares in Certarus for $853 million and assume $196 million in senior bank credit and leases.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX:ATD). Down $1.30, or 2.11 per cent, to $60.19. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has signed a deal to buy all of the membership interests of U.S. company True Blue Car Wash LLC. Financial terms of the agreement for the operator of car wash sites under the Clean Freak and Rainstorm banners were not immediately available. Couche-Tard CEO Brian Hannasch said True Blue is an opportunity to extend the company’s brands into a very attractive industry subcategory. Founded in 2016, True Blue has 65 car washes in Arizona, Texas, Illinois and Indiana.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 22, 2022.