Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (15,423.09, up 50.95 points):

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down six cents, or 1.57 per cent, to $3.75 on 6.8 million shares.

Eldorado Gold Corp. (TSX:ELD). Miner. Down 40 cents, or 9.41 per cent, to $3.85 on 6.2 million shares.

Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY). Bank. Up 87 cents, or 0.93 per cent, to $93.97 on 5.2 million shares.

Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Down 26 cents, or 4.15 per cent, to $6.00 on 5.1 million shares.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financial Services. Up 43 cents, or 1.85 per cent, to $23.62 on 5.04 million shares.

ECN Capital Corp. (TSX:ECN). Financial Services. Up 11 cents, or 3.01 per cent, to $3.76 on 4.4 million shares. The Toronto-based company is buying U.S.-based Service Finance Holdings LLC for $410 million.

Companies reporting major news:

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM). Bank. Up 55 cents, or 0.52 per cent, to $105.42 on 1.2 million shares. CIBC received all regulatory approvals required to complete its acquisition of Chicago-based PrivateBancorp Inc.

Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Oil and gas. Down $1.06, or 2.01 per cent, to $51.77 on 3.9 million shares. The Calgary-based company held an investor day meeting in Toronto and outlined a pipeline expansion plan it says can cover the expected oil production increase from Western Canada for the next decade. Enbridge’s executive vice-president of liquids pipelines says the replacement and restoration of its Line 3 pipeline, combined with upgrades and adjustments to other pipelines on its mainline system, could add about 875,000 barrels a day of capacity.

Hudson’s Bay Company (TSX:HBC). Retailer. Down 11 cents, or 1.13 per cent, to $9.62 on 318,378 shares. The retailer announced after market close that it is cutting 2,000 jobs, including some it says were previously announced in February.

Transat A.T. Inc. (TSX:TRZ). Travel and leisure. Down 23 cents, or 3.82 per cent, to $5.79 on 130,400 shares. The Montreal-based travel company says its net loss attributable to shareholders was $8.4 million or 23 cents per share in the second quarter of its fiscal year compared to a net loss of nearly $25 million or 68 cents per share a year earlier. Revenue was down marginally at $884.3 million.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (TSX:VRX). Pharmaceutical. Up $1.54, or 9.38 per cent, to $17.96 on 2.5 million shares. The Quebec-based company is selling its iNova unit to two fund managers — Pacific Equity Partners and The Carlyle Group — for US$930 million to help repay debt.