Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (13,150.93, up 98.19 points):

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Up four cents, or 3.60 per cent, to $1.15 on 11.8 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up one cent, or 0.65 per cent, to $1.56 on 6.3 million shares.

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Up 27 cents, or 3.49 per cent, to eight dollars on 5.6 million shares. The Calgary-based oil and gas producer will receive US$850 million cash and reduce its commitments by about US$480 million through the sale of its Haynesville natural gas assets in northern Louisiana under an agreement announced Tuesday.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Oil and gas. Down 17 cents, or 0.65 per cent, to $25.84 on 5.6 million shares.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financial Services. Up 13 cents, or 0.65 per cent, to $20.10 on 5.2 million shares.

Surge Energy Inc. (TSX:SGY). Oil and gas. Up 11 cents, or 5.50 per cent, to $2.11 on 5.1 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO). Bank. Up $1.64, or 2.48 per cent, to $67.82 on 2.5 million shares. The bank saw its third-quarter profit climb six per cent from last year, but analysts say a troubling trend in the bank’s oil and gas loan book is the first sign of challenges ahead for Canada’s biggest lenders. BMO’s net income for the quarter rose to $1.19 billion while adjusted net income was $1.23 billion, both up six per cent.