TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (17,396.56, up 45.22 points.)
Bombardier Inc. (TSX: BBD.B). Industrials. Up 6.5 cents, or 15.12 per cent, to 49.5 cents on 21.98 million shares.
Score Media and Gaming Inc. (TSX: SCR). Communications. Up 44 cents, or 44.9 per cent, to $1.42 on 18.53 million shares.
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX: ACB). Health care. Up $2.09, or 17.94 per cent, to $13.74 on 16.88 million shares.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX: SU). Energy. Down 23 cents, or 1.02 per cent, to $22.41 on 12.36 million shares.
Air Canada (TSX: AC). Industrials. Up $1.04, or 4.37 per cent, to $24.86 on 9.62 million shares.
Aphria Inc. (TSX: APHA). Health care. Up 73 cents, or 7.76 per cent, to $10.14 on 8.67 million shares.
Companies in the news:
Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI). Up 12 cents, or 0.2 per cent, to $60.90. Rogers Communications Inc. says it was exploring the future of its Toronto stadium before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but the virus has caused it to put those plans on hold. The Globe and Mail reported Friday that Rogers and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. were looking to tear down the stadium as part of a larger development project.
Empire Company Ltd. (TSX:EMP). Up nine cents, or 0.25 per cent, to $35.66. Sobeys says it is bringing back pay premiums for staff in locations where COVID-19 lockdowns are in effect. Parent company Empire Company Ltd. says it has reinstated so-called hero pay in Manitoba and Toronto and Peel Region in Ontario as rising cases of the virus in those areas have prompted the shutdown of non-essential businesses.
Air Canada. Air Canada pilots have ratified changes to their contract that will help the carrier grow its cargo business, as airlines scramble to minimize the pandemic’s toll on their bottom lines. The Montreal-based airline said in a statement Friday that it would convert several of its retired Boeing 767 aircraft to carry freight and that it had appointed a new executive, Jason Berry, to oversee its cargo division.
Calfrac Well Services Ltd. (TSX:CFW). Up one cent, or 4.08 per cent, to 26 cents. Calfrac Well Services says the Alberta Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by Wilks Brothers LLC to block the approval of the company's recapitalization plan. The company says it has been advised by the court that the Wilks Brothers' appeal of the final order approving the plan has been dismissed.
TMAC Resources Inc. (TSX:TMR). Down two cents, or 1.64 per cent, to $1.20. Canadian miner TMAC Resources Inc. says a national security review under the Investment Canada Act of its sale to China's Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd., has been extended by 45 days. Shandong announced a deal in May to buy TMAC, owner of the Hope Bay gold mining project in Nunavut, for $230 million.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 27, 2020.
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