Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) up on normal course issuer bid

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. BAM shares gained 0.6% to $36.48, on receiving approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange for its proposed normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 83,848,184 Class A Limited Voting Shares, representing 10% of the public float of the company's outstanding Class A Shares. Share volume was 86,000, compared to an all-day average of 411,000