Westport Begins Trading on Nasdaq

Westport Innovations, which makes alternative fuel transportation technologies, said Monday it has begun trading on the Nasdaq stock market.

The Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, company is now listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol WPRT. Its stock is also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker WPT.

Westport Innovations supplier of systems that allow engines to operate on clean-burning fuels such as compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, hydrogen and biofuels such as landfill gas.

Cummins Westport, Westport’s joint venture with diesel engine maker Cummins Inc., manufactures and sells a range of low-emissions alternative fuel engines for commercial trucks and buses.