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Written by THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
In this April 8, 2008 file photo, the Google booth is shown at the RSA conference in San Francisco. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sakuma, file
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TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (9,065.16 down 535.02 points):
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Transportation equipment. Down 66 cents, or 15.87 per cent, at $3.50 on 23,135,833 shares.
Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY). Financial. Down 40 cents, or 0.97 per cent, at $41 on 16,073,089 shares. Canada's biggest bank cut its prime rate to 4.25 per cent, after the federal government's promise to help the banks obtain billions of dollars in additional money by freeing up frozen credit markets.
Breakwater Resources (TSX:BWR). Mining. Up half a cent, or five per cent, at 10.5 cents on 14,002,106 shares.
Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:NVN). Drug maker. Unchanged at 1.5 cents on 11,941,400 shares.
Suncor Energy (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Down $1.67, or 6.02 per cent, at $26.09 on 11,557,338 shares. Light, sweet crude for November delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange plunged US$8.89 to US$77.70, its lowest settlement contract since Sept. 10, 2007.
AirIQ Inc. (TSX:IQ). Technology. Unchanged at a penny on 11,390,650 shares.
TSX Venture Exchange (1,041.67 down 30.97 points):
Nevada Exploration Inc. (TSXV:NGE). Miner. Down 1.5 cents, or 27.27 per cent, at four cents on 5,100,876 shares.
Falcon Oil and Gas (TSXV:FO). Energy. Down half a cent, or 1.41 per cent, at 35 cents on 3,218,503 shares.
Companies reporting major news:
BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE). Communications and media. Down $1, or 2.94 per cent, at $33 on 9,476,107 shares. Telecom rivals BCE Inc. and Telus (TSX:T) will work together to develop third-and fourth-generation wireless networks in an agreement that is set to become available by early 2010.
Clearwater Seafoods (TSX:CLR.UN). Food processor. Down 60 cents, or 21.82 per cent, at $2.15 on 169,919 shares. John Risley, co-owner of the holding firm trying to privatize the income trust, says he's had several offers from banks willing to finance his purchase of publicly traded Clearwater units, but the interest rates are too high. Risley has been scrambling to replace Glitnir Bank of Iceland since the bank went into receivership due to the credit crunch.
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