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Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,085.09, down 34.12 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 44 cents, or 0.92 per cent, to $47.51 on 10.4 million shares.
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TSX posts small loss, while jobs report and tech push U.S. markets to new heights

TSX posts small loss, while jobs report and tech push U.S. markets to new heights

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index posted a small loss Friday led by weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. markets were lifted to another record high by tech stocks and a hot jobs report. Between Thursday and Friday, U.S.
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Proposal to take Indigo private would lower scrutiny, boost flexibility: experts

Proposal to take Indigo private would lower scrutiny, boost flexibility: experts

TORONTO — A proposal to take Indigo Books & Music Inc. private would allow the company to get back on track with less scrutiny and more flexibility than if it remained public, experts say.
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Stock market today: Big Tech carries Wall Street to another record and winning week

Stock market today: Big Tech carries Wall Street to another record and winning week

NEW YORK (AP) — Big Tech stocks carried Wall Street to another record high, even as many stocks fell amid worries about the downside of a too-hot economy. Big gains for Meta Platforms and Amazon pushed the S&P 500 index up 1.1% Friday.
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Feds should boost grocery competition at home, not seek outsider: experts

Feds should boost grocery competition at home, not seek outsider: experts

Instead of enticing a foreign grocer to come to Canada, some experts say Ottawa should look at ways to support smaller and regional grocery companies to boost competition.
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Treatment plant fixed, Edmonton lifts ban on non-essential water use

Treatment plant fixed, Edmonton lifts ban on non-essential water use

EDMONTON — The mandatory ban on non-essential water use in Edmonton and surrounding communities has been lifted. Water-operator Epcor says repairs have been completed at the affected treatment plant and the system has stabilized.
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Imperial Oil breaking production records as industry awaits Trans Mountain completion

Imperial Oil breaking production records as industry awaits Trans Mountain completion

CALGARY — As Canada's energy sector ramps up for the anticipated start-up of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Imperial Oil Ltd. reported its highest production levels in over 30 years in the fourth quarter of 2023.
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Vancouver home sales rise in January as demand outpaces newly listed properties

Vancouver home sales rise in January as demand outpaces newly listed properties

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays home sales got off to a strong start in the first month of 2024 but the pace of newly listed properties did not keep up with demand. The board says January home sales totalled 1,427, a 38.
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The US didn't just avoid a recession - it's adding hundreds of thousands of new jobs

The US didn't just avoid a recession - it's adding hundreds of thousands of new jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades.
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Business, consumer insolvencies rise in December as higher rates bite

Business, consumer insolvencies rise in December as higher rates bite

OTTAWA — Business insolvencies rose 57.2 per cent in December compared with a year earlier, according to the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. For the entire year, business insolvencies were up 41.
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