Information technology stocks were mixed in afternoon trading, with the S&P/TSX Info Tech index gaining 0.3%.
BlackBerry (BB.TO): -0.2%
Vecima Networks (VCM.TO): -2.7%
Celestica (CLS.TO): +0.1%
CGI Group (GIB-A.TO): +0.5%
Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA.TO): -1.2%
In corporate news, Vecima Networks Thursday said Dr. Hugh Wood, a director and retired former COO of the company, has sold 550,500 shares at an average price of $7.00 per share. Following the sale, Wood continues to hold 3,427,050 shares. After his retirement last year, the sale is a component of Wood's estate planning.
Meanwhile, Blackberry's QNX Software Systems subsidiary launched the the QNX OS for Automotive Safety 1.0., a telematics platform used to display vehicle safety information. Separately, QNX entered into an agreement with Rightware to create a fully digital and reconfigurable instrument cluster for the QNX technology concept car.
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