Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,642.84, down 88.24 points):

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down six cents, or 3.05 per cent, to $1.91 on 5.2 million shares.

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Down 33 cents, or 2.68 per cent, to $12.00 on 3.8 million shares.

Spartan Energy Corp. (TSX:SPE). Oil and gas. Down 20 cents, or 6.94 per cent, to $2.68 on 3.6 million shares.

Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Miner. Down 58 cents, or 4.84 per cent, to $11.40 on 3.6 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down 14 cents, or 7.73 per cent, to $1.67 on 3.3 million shares.

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PRE). Oil and gas. Down 47 cents, or 11.90 per cent, to $3.48 on 3.2 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD). Bank. Down 27 cents, or 0.51 per cent, to $53.03 on 1.9 million shares. TD Bank says the Bank of Canada’s latest decision to cut its key interest rate will not be a “game changer” for the country’s housing market. Some have raised concerns about what the interest rate cut by the central bank could mean for an already hot housing market.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (TSX:VRX). Pharmaceutical. Down $3.54, or 1.14 per cent, to $306.51 on 210,233 shares. Canada’s largest publicly traded drug company plans to expand its reach in the Middle East and North Africa after reaching a deal to buy an Egyptian pharmaceutical company for about US$800 million. The Quebec-based company said it has a definite agreement to buy Amoun Pharmaceutical from Mercury (Cayman) Holdings.