The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) broke two
records today for value of shares traded and number of trading transactions.
For the third consecutive trading session, the number of
transactions today reached a new level. Today’s high of 66,571 trades surpassed
Friday’s 55,089 record.
The value of shares traded today climbed to $274 million, exceeding
the $258 million record set on March 2nd. Today’s volume of 154 million
shares traded fell short of the February 22nd high of 159 million.
The most active stocks by value were: eDispatch.com Wireless Data
Inc., down $2.40 to close at $27.50 on a value of $20.8 million; followed by Ecompark
Inc., up $0.80 at $4.70 on a value of $19.3 million; TM Bioscience Corporation, up $0.54
to $3.79 on $12.2 million; Unique Broadband Systems Inc., down $0.65 to $10.55 on $11.2
million; and, Nuvo Network Management, up $0.78 to $2.90 on $9.2 million.
The CDNX Index rose 98.65 points to close at 4270.79.
