Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (12,415.98 down 50.14 points):

Progress Energy Resources Corp. (TSX:PRQ). Oil and gas. Down 19 cents, or 0.87 per cent, at $21.65 on 9,974,101 shares.

Astral Media Inc. (TSX:ACM.A). Communications and media. Down $7.49, or 15.94 per cent, at $39.15 on 4,958,217 shares. The federal government won’t get involved in the CRTC decision to block Bell’s takeover of Astral Media, meaning the “For Sale” sign could go back up on the specialty TV and radio company. (BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE). Communications and media. Down 77 cents, or 1.76 per cent, at $42.86 on 2,957,619 shares.)

Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX:CS). Miner. Down seven cents, or 2.77 per cent, at $2.46 on 4,445,416 shares.

Calvista Gold Corp. (TSX:CVZ). Miner. Up 39 cents, or 57.35 per cent, at $1.07 on 4,174,359 shares. The company announced AUX Acquisition 3 S.A.R.L. and 2346408 Ontario Inc., collectively AUX, have agreed to buy it for $1.10 per share in cash. The company has some 53.7 million shares outstanding.

Celtic Exploration Ltd. (TSX:CLT). Oil and gas. Down seven cents, or 0.27 per cent, at $26.20 on 4,065,688 shares.

Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TSX:TXG). Miner. Down one cent, or 0.51 per cent, at $1.94 on 3,458,129 shares.

TSX Venture Exchange (1,315.62 up 3.28 points):

Galway Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GWY). Miner. Up 56 cents, or 35.22 per cent, at $2.15 on 10,868,068 shares.

Bitterroot Resources Ltd. (TSXV:BTT). Miner. Up three cents, or 20 per cent, at 18 cents on 5,976,475 shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Magna International Inc. (TSX:MG). Auto parts maker. Down 36 cents, or 0.81 per cent, at $44.04 on 377,401 shares. Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has abandoned plans to have Canadian autoparts company build the upscale Infiniti car in Austria.

ArcelorMittal’s (NYSE:MT). Steelmaker. Down 27 cents, or 1.63 per cent, at $16.28 on 7,674,153 shares. The company is reportedly looking to sell a minority ownership stake in its Quebec iron ore assets amid low prices and weak Chinese demand, an environment that analysts say will prompt other players large and small to consider similar moves.