Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,186.24, down 79.13 points):

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Up two cents, or 0.75 per cent, to $2.67 on 9.3 million shares.

Catamaran Corporation (TSX:CCT). Health care. Down 12 cents, or 0.15 per cent, to $80.06 on 7.9 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Up six cents, or 3.49 per cent, to $1.78 on seven million shares.

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Down 97 cents, or 8.64 per cent, to $10.26 on 6.5 million shares. The natural gas giant said Friday it has trimmed its workforce by more than 200 over the past month or so as it posted a net loss of US$1.6 billion during the second quarter. The Calgary-based company now has 1,400 fewer workers than when it unveiled a new strategy in the fall of 2013. Close to 1,000 jobs were cut when Encana made that announcement and it has been paring down its workforce further since then.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up six cents, or 4.17 per cent, to $1.50 on six million shares.

Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TSX:TXG). Miner. Up nine cents, or 9.37 per cent, to $1.05 on 5.4 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE). Construction. Down 62 cents, or 5.33 per cent, to $11.01 on 241,363 shares. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC). Engineering. Down 49 cents, or 1.14 per cent, to $42.37 on 268,062 shares. A consortium including SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have closed a deal to build the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit project in Toronto. Under the project agreement, Crosslinx Transit Solutions, which also includes ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc. and EllisDon, will design, build and maintain the light rail transit line.