TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (20,700.50, up 100.90 points):
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up $1.74, or 3.92 per cent, to $46.09 on 13.9 million shares.
Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Materials. Down 27 cents, or 1.02 per cent, to $26.21 on 11.3 million shares.
Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY). Financials. Up $2.12, or 1.59 per cent, to $135.61 on 11.2 million shares.
Whitecap Resources Inc. (TSX:WCP). Energy. Up 10 cents, or 0.9 per cent, to $11.18 on 11 million shares.
Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Up 51 cents, or 1.96 per cent, to $26.54 on 10.5 million shares.
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up two cents, or 0.04 per cent, to $54.20 on 10.5 million shares.
Companies in the news:
Imperial Oil Ltd. (TSX:IMO). Up $2.28, or 3.27 per cent, to $72.06. The company says it is going ahead with a $720-million project to build a renewable diesel facility at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton. The project, first announced in August 2021, is expected to produce 20,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel once it is complete. The company says a significant portion of the production will be sent to British Columbia to support the province’s plan to lower carbon emissions.
National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA). Up 54 cents, or 0.55 per cent, to $99.20. The bank says the head of its wealth management business is retiring. The bank says Martin Gagnon, executive vice-president of wealth management, as well as co-chief executive of National Bank Financial, will step down on April 1. Until Gagnon’s successor is named, National Bank says Denis Girouard, executive vice-president and co-head of financial markets, will lead wealth management on an interim basis.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 26, 2023.