TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (20,693.15, up 22.34):

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Materials. Up four cents, or 0.72 per cent, to $5.59 on 11.3 million shares.

Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Financials. Up 55 cents, or 0.41 per cent, to $135.30 on 6.4 million shares.

Toronto-Dominion Bank. (TSX:TD). Financials. Up five cents, or 0.06 per cent, to $83.55 on 6.1 million shares.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX:AQN). Utilities. Up 42 cents, or 3.86 per cent, to $11.31 on 5.8 million shares.

BlackBerry Limited. (TSX:BB). Technology. Unchanged at $5.68 on 5.3 million shares.

Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down four cents, or 0.1 per cent, to $41.20 on 5.3 million shares.

Companies in the news:

TC Energy Corporation.(TSX:TRP). Energy. Down 26 cents, or 0.46 per cent, to $55.78 — TC Energy Corp. says a third-party investigation into an oil spill from the company's Keystone pipeline in December has concluded the incident was caused by a crack in a weld that occurred at the time of the pipeline's construction. The Calgary-based company says the affected pipe segment was subjected during construction to "inadvertent bending stresses," initiating a small crack that progressed over time to pipe failure after a decade of operations.

National Bank of Canada.(TSX:NA). Financials. Up 24 cents, or 0.24 per cent, to $99.22 — The CEO of National Bank says he's worried about the impact remote work is having on the vitality of downtown Montreal, but plans to maintain a flexible approach toward his employees working in the office. Laurent Ferreira said in an interview he's worried about the effect the widespread adoption of telecommuting is having on small businesses downtown and believes the business community has a responsibility toward the city's downtown. While the Royal Bank of Canada has asked its employees to work from the office three or four days a week, National Bank is suggesting workers come in 40 per cent of the time.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 21,2023.

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