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 (21,222.84, down 71.80 points.)

Village Farms International Inc. (TSX:VFF). Consumer goods. Up seven cents, or 0.87 per cent, to $8.12 on 4.3 million shares.

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD). Financials. Down 26 cents, or 0.27 per cent, to $96.98 on 4.2 million shares.

Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up 16 cents, or 0.5 per cent, to $31.65 on 3.5 million shares.

Orea Mining Corp. (TSX:OREA). Materials. Down 0.5 cents, or 5.6 per cent, to 8.5 cents on 3.3. million shares.

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS). Financials. Down $1.71, or 1.9 per cent, to $89.55 on 3.3 million shares.

TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Down four cents, or 0.7 per cent, to $58.83 on 3.2 million shares.

Companies in the news:

Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Up 14 cents or 0.3 per cent to $49.41. Enbridge Inc. says it has received approval to proceed with a $1.5-billion share buyback plan it announced earlier this month. The Calgary-based pipeline company said the Toronto Stock Exchange has granted it permission to begin purchasing Enbridge shares on Jan. 5, 2022 through to Jan. 4, 2023. The share buyback campaign is part of the company’s three-year growth plan announced on Dec. 7, which is focused on enhancing existing asset returns, modernizing the company’s assets, and low capital intensity opportunities within Enbridge’s conventional businesses. Chief executive Al Monaco also announced a dividend hike as part of the plan and reaffirmed Enbridge’s 2021 full-year guidance range for adjusted earnings of $13.9 billion to $14.3 billion.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 31, 2021.