Manulife Financial Corp. Stock Rises Friday, Outperforms Market
Dow Jones2026/08/14 20:34This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Manulife Financial Corp. MFC inched 0.82% higher to C$61.73 Friday, in what proved to be an otherwise all-around negative trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index falling 0.08% to 36,730.27.
Manulife Financial Corp. closed 2.9% short of its 52-week high of C$63.58, which the company achieved on August 6th.
Trading volume of 4.1 M shares remained below its 50-day average volume of 5.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 14, 2026.
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August 14, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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