Daily Dividend Report: GD, TD, CNQ, CVS, HES

The board of directors of General Dynamics today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 84 cents per share on the company’s common stock, payable May 5, 2017, to shareholders of record on April 7. The dividend represents a 10.5 percent increase from the previous quarterly dividend of 76 cents per share, and it is the 20th consecutive annual dividend increase authorized by the General Dynamics board. The Toronto-Dominion Bank today announced that a dividend in an amount of sixty cents per fully paid common share in the capital stock of the Bank has been declared for the quarter ending April 30, 2017, payable on and after May 1, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 10, 2017.

TD Leads Canadian Stock Sales as Energy Deals Fuel Record Year

Toronto-Dominion Bank took top spot for managing Canadian stock sales in 2016 as large energy deals led by pipeline operator TransCanada Corp. helped set a record for equity financings. The amount raised from initial public offerings, secondary sales and equity-linked securities reached C$50.4 billion , up 17 percent from 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.