National Business

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,519.37, up 133.90): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Down $2.05, or 4.33 per cent, to $45.25 on 21.8 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose Friday, led by gains in the energy, technology and health-care sectors, while U.S. markets also posted gains. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 133.90 points at 20,519.37.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street got back to climbing following more encouraging profit reports and the latest signal that inflation is loosening its chokehold on the economy. The S&P 500 rose 1% Friday, marking its ninth winning week in the last 11.

PHOENIX (AP) — The backup Uber driver for a self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday to endangerment in the first fatal collision involving a fully autonomous car.

CALGARY — The latest in what has been a string of environmental incidents at Canadian oilsands sites was addressed Friday by the CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. remains on track to complete the Coastal GasLink pipeline by the end of this year without another escalation in construction costs, the Calgary-based company said Friday.

VANCOUVER — Wildfires in Western Canada continue to disrupt Canfor Corp. operations as the company reported a loss of $43.9 million in the second quarter. With new records set in both Alberta and B.C.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary surplus of $1.5 billion in April and May, the first two months of the 2023-24 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the result compared to a surplus of $5.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy grew by 0.3 per cent in May despite downward pressure from wildfire-hit oil and gas production but it looks to have slowed in June, Statistics Canada said Friday.

TORONTO — CPE Analytics says Canadian venture capital funding rose in the second quarter following a pullback in the first three months of 2023, but funding levels for the first half of the year are still well off what they were for the first six mon