October 18, 2017 - 1:38 PM
Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (15,782.16, down 34.74 points):
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down one cent, or 0.37 per cent, to $2.72 on 24.2 million shares.
Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Up 40 cents, or 2.80 per cent, to $14.70 on 9.1 million shares.
DREAM Unlimited Corp. (TSX:DRM). Real estate. Up 14 cents, or 1.96 per cent, to $7.30 on 3.7 million shares.
Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSX:DIV). Financial Services. Up 25 cents, or 7.72 per cent, to $3.49 on 3.2 million shares.
Aphria Inc. (TSX:APH). Healthcare. Down 12 cents, or 1.75 per cent, to $6.74 on 3.09 million shares.
Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE). Oil and gas. Down 12 cents, 0.97 per cent, to $12.22 on 3.07 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B). Specialty television, radio. Down 31 cents, or 2.43 per cent, to $12.43 on 1.6 million shares. The media company reported Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit attributable to shareholders totalled $28.9 million (14 cents per diluted share), compared with a profit of $25,000 (zero cents per diluted share) in the same period a year earlier. Revenue totalled $381.2 million, down from $384.5 million. For the fiscal year, its profit attributable to shareholders totalled $191 million (95 cents per diluted share), compared to $126 million (96 cents per diluted share) a year earlier. Revenue totalled $1.68 billion, up from $1.17 billion. On Tuesday, Corus announced a deal to sell French-language specialty channels Historia and Series+ to Bell Media for $200 million.
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