Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,278.49, down 133.58 points):

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PRE). Oil and gas. Down $2.40, or 45.71 per cent, to $2.85 on 15 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down 18 cents, or 8.26 per cent, to two dollars on 11.9 million shares.

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS). Bank. Down 54 cents, or 0.85 per cent, to $63.08 on 5.1 million shares.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financial Services. Down seven cents, or 0.31 per cent, to $22.63 on 3.9 million shares.

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Up eight cents, or 0.63 per cent, to $12.75 on 3.7 million shares.

Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY). Bank. Down 12 cents, or 0.16 per cent, to $75.48 on 3.6 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L). Grocer. Down 22 cents, or 0.35 per cent, to $63.24 on 575,933 shares. The union that represents about 12,000 workers at 60 Loblaw-owned grocery stores in Ontario says they have averted a strike after members voted to accept a six-year contract that takes effect immediately. Local 1000A of United Food and Commercial Workers Canada says its members ratified an amended contract negotiated with Loblaw after an earlier tentative deal was rejected.