Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (12,143.16, down 246.42 points):

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down seven cents, or 6.42 per cent, to $1.02 on 10.4 million shares.

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Down 35 cents, or 12.68 per cent, to $2.41 on 7.2 million shares.

Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Miner. Up $1.08, or 8.88 per cent, to $13.24 on 6.9 million shares.

Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Down three cents, or 1.36 per cent, to $2.18 on 6.2 million shares.

Eldorado Gold Corp. (TSX:ELD). Miner. Down 25 cents, or 7.74 per cent, to $2.98 on six million shares. The company is writing down the value of its assets by up to US$1.6 billion, primarily because of its troubled mining operations in Greece. Eldorado has been at odds with the Greek government for some time and said two weeks ago that it was suspending work immediately at one of its four projects in Greece as a result and was reviewing all of its activities in that country.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down three cents, or 3.23 per cent, to 90 cents on 5.9 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B). Telecommunications. Up nine cents, or 0.18 per cent, to $49.74 on 905,708 shares. Rogers Media has told employees it is reducing its workforce by four per cent, affecting 200 jobs in television, radio, publishing and administration. The Toronto-based company says the cuts are part of efficiency efforts at Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecom companies.