5 Top Weekly TSX Stocks: Verde Agritech Takes the Lead, Rising Over 25 Percent

Leading this week’s top TSX stocks list is Verde Agritech, which saw its share price increase 28.57 percent to end the week at C$2.70.

Verde Agritech is developing its Cerrado Verde project in Brazil. The project is the source of a potassium-rich deposit from which the company intends to produce solutions for crop nutrition, crop protection, soil improvement and increased sustainability.

Exploration and development company Augusta Gold is focused on its Bullfrog gold project. The asset is located in the Bullfrog mining district, approximately 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 4 miles west of Beatty, Nevada.

The company did not release any news last week, but its share price increased 22.5 percent to end at C$0.98.

St. Augustine Gold and Copper is focused on the development of the King-king copper-gold project. The asset is one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in the world and a top-priority mining project for the Philippine government.

Last week, shares of St. Augustine Gold and Copper increased 18.18 percent to end at C$0.065.

Oil and gas company Baytex Energy also made the list this week. The company is focused on the acquisition, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and in the Eagle Ford in the US. About 83 percent of Baytex's production is weighted toward crude oil and natural gas liquids.

Last week, shares of Baytex Energy increased 11.79 percent to trade at C$4.32 by the end of the week.

Last but not least is energy company Athabasca Oil. The company has honed its efforts on the development of thermal and light oil assets in Alberta’s Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

Last week, shares of Athabasca Oil increased 11.05 percent to end the five day period at C$2.87.