September 01, 2016 - 1:42 PM
Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (14,683.91, up 85.96 points):
Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Up 26 cents, or 4.90 per cent, to $5.57 on 18.1-million shares.
Eldorado Gold Corp. (TSX:ELD). Miner. Up seven cents, or 1.67 per cent, to $4.27 on 10.4-million shares.
B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up 18 cents, or 5.45 per cent, to $3.48 on 9.6-million shares.
Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Up 22 cents, or 4.20 per cent, to $5.46 on seven-million shares.
Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Miner. Up $1.02, or 4.58 per cent, to $23.31 on 5.1-million shares.
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Miner. Up 11 cents, or 1.11 per cent, to $10.05 on five-million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Dollarama Inc. (TSX:DOL). Discount retailer. Up $4.29, or 4.43 per cent, to $101.19 on 936,951 shares. Dollarama is reporting $106.4 million of net income for its second quarter, up 11.4 per cent from the same time last year. Net income was equal to 88 cents per diluted common share, up from 74 cents per share or $95.47 million in last year's second quarter. The Montreal-based retailer says the improved profit was due to higher sales from its expanding chain of low-priced general merchandise stores.
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