TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (11,462.87 down 99.65 points):
Lundin Mining Corp. (TSX:LUN). Miner. Down 24 cents, or 5.87 per cent, at $3.85 on 9,064,299 shares.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Up 11 cents, or 0.42 per cent, at $26.32 on 7,772,970 shares.
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Miner. Down $1.08, or 7.30 per cent, at $13.71 on 7,134,562 shares.
Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Down 62 cents, or 3.81 per cent, at $15.67 on 6,564,274 shares.
Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Down one dollar, or 6.6 per cent, at $14.15 on 6,378,506 shares.
Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY). Chartered bank. Up 73 cents, or 1.61 per cent, at $46.09 on 6,214,173 shares.
TSX Venture Exchange (1,546.08 down 52.16 points):
Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXV:SOG). Oil and gas. Down five cents, or 6.25 per cent, at 75 cents on 8,955,845 shares.
Sidon International Resources Corp. (TSXV:SD). Ore miner. Unchanged at two cents on 3,540,185 shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Himalayan Capital Corp. (TSXV:HIM.P). Financial services. Untraded at 20 cents. The company has agreed to acquire Minera Azul Ventures, a private Chilean partnership, in exchange for common shares with a deemed value of $2.5 million. Azul's shareholders will end up owning 92 per cent of Himalayan, a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Emera Inc. (TSX:EMA). Energy holding. Up 80 cents, or 2.59 per cent, at $31.70 on 284,114 shares. The board of Nova Scotia-based utility company has approved a higher dividend. The annual rate rises to $1.35 per common share from $1.30, an increase of four per cent. Based on Friday's stock price, the dividend would yield 4.3 per cent annually.
© The Canadian Press, 2011