Stocks to Watch: Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA)
Share Performance Review Taking a quick look at recent session activity on shares of Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), we can see that the stock price recently hit 13.21. At the open, shares were trading at 13.49. Since the start of the session, the stock has topped out with a high of 13.62 and bottomed with a […]
Stocks to Watch: Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUY)
Sell-side analysts often undertake stock analysis to give their opinions of whether they believe that shares should be bought, sold, or held. Using ratings provided by analysts to Zacks Research, we can see that the current average broker rating on shares of Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUY) is currently 2.67. This consensus rating uses a number […]
US strike cuts Cdn jobs
General Motors has temporarily laid off about 730 hourly workers at its parts plant in St. Catharines, Ont. as the strike by the United Auto Workers in the U.S. enters its second week. The company confirmed Monday that it shut down engine production because of supply chain disruptions from the strike. “We did not bring […]
Cook leaves Transat in lurch
Transat Inc. could face fallout from the collapse of Thomas Cook Group Plc after a partnership between the companies died Monday. The tour operator, which runs Air Transat, was in the second year of a seven-year deal to exchange aircraft with the British company’s airline on a seasonal basis. The Montreal-based Transat was slated to […]
This week in business
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Economic data Statistics Canada will release wholesale trade figures for July on Monday. The release comes after disappointing manufacturing and retail sales figures for the first month of the third quarter. DHX earnings DHX Media hosts its fourth-quarter and fiscal 2019 […]
Wholesale sales up
Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 1.7 per cent to $65.4 billion in July, boosted by gains in the personal and household goods subsector and the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories group. Economists on average had expected no change for the month, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv. The personal and […]