Stumble Upon

del.icio.us

Digg

Facebook

Print

Email

speakup

TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (down 68.34 points at 13,385.17):

Eastern Platinum Ltd. (TSX:ELR). Mining. Up 17 cents, or 11.89 per cent, at $1.60 on 12,489,372 shares. The Vancouver-based miner recouped losses in the last two heavily-traded days after a Raymond James analyst recommended the stock for its "attractive valuation and expected positive quarterly results."

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PEG). Down 15 cents, or 1.54 per cent, at $9.60 on 7,971,213 shares.

HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM). Mining. Down 36 cents, or 3.23 per cent, at $10.77 on 7,955,948 shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Transportation equipment. Up six cents, or 0.81 per cent, at $7.45 on 6,895,136 shares.

Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY). Oil and gas. Down $1.16, or 3.58 per cent, at $31.26 on 6,723,660 shares.

BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE). Communications and media. Up 24 cents, or 0.61 per cent, at $39.90 on 5,813,523 shares.

TSX Venture Exchange (down 18.27 points at 2,130.19):

Petrostar Petroleum Corp. (TSXV:PEP). Oil and gas. Down eight cents, or 14.29 per cent, at 48 cents on 5,420,231 shares.

Largo Resources (TSXV:LGO). Mining. Down four cents, or 5.06 per cent, at 75 cents on 3,903,627 shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Canadian Tire Corp. (TSX:CTC.A). Retailer. Down $4.02, or 7.67 per cent, at $48.40 on 731,591 shares. A $15.1 million charge on the relaunch of Options MasterCard and inventory writedowns dragged the hardware and household goods retailer's second-quarter earnings down 20.3 per cent from a year ago.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurer. Down $1.38, or 3.67 per cent, at $36.22 on 3,888,827 shares after reporting it will boost its dividend eight per cent even as second-quarter earnings dropped to $998 million, compared to $1.1 billion from a year ago.

Metro Inc. (TSX:MRU.A). Grocer. Up $1.16, or 4.56 per cent, at $26.60 on 334,881 shares as it announced a major rebranding in Ontario that will see five stores consolidated under one name. The Montreal-based firm tagged the initiative at $200 million while also reporting a $92.6 million jump in its earnings in its latest quarter.

Tim Hortons Inc. (TSX:THI). Coffee chain. Up $1.24, or 4.17 per cent, at $30.98 on 969,439 shares. The iconic coffee and doughnut retailer said it's on track to meet its 10 per cent income growth rate for the year despite rising food and fuel prices. It served up an 11.5 per cent increase in its quarterly profits.