Most actively traded companies on the TSX

Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (15,312.20, up 17.00 points):

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down 22 cents, or 6.51 per cent, to $3.16 on 6.6 million shares.

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI). Biotechnology. Up nine cents, or 4.71 per cent, to $2 on 6.1 million shares.

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN). Miner.Up 39 cents, or 16.60 per cent, to $2.74 on six million shares.

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Down 18 cents, or 4.51 per cent, to $3.81 on 5.9 million shares.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financial Services. Up 11 cents, or 0.45 per cent, to $24.47 on 5.1 million shares.

Eldorado Gold Corp. (TSX:ELD). Miner. Down 13 cents, or 3.26 per cent, to $3.86 on five million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

BRP Inc. (TSX:DOO). Recreational vehicles. Up $2.47, or 9.60 per cent, to $28.21 on 193,992 shares. The maker of Ski-Doos, personal watercraft and off-road vehicles says it will maintain low-cost production in Mexico even if Donald Trump withdraws from NAFTA. BRP Inc. says it expects to take a $20-million to $25-million hit if tariffs are restored on more than $1 billion of goods traded annually between Mexico and the United States.

Sears Canada (TSX:SCC). Department stores. Down five cents, or 2.13 per cent, to $2.30 on 12,400 shares. Sears Canada, which has been struggling with store closures and sagging sales, said Friday it will venture into the grocery business in an effort to lure shoppers. The Toronto-based retailer said it has signed a partnership with two specialty supermarket operators to run food markets at some of its revamped locations.