Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (13,241.89, down 65.07 points):

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down 15 cents, or 8.98 per cent, to $1.52 on 14.3 million shares.

MBAC Fertilizer Corp. (TSX:MBC). Fertilizer producer. Up 1.5 cents, or 60 per cent, to four cents on 6.7 million shares.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Oil and gas. Down 32 cents, or 1.23 per cent, to $25.67 on 5.1 million shares.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Miner. Unchanged at $4.89 on five million shares.

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Down 23 cents, or 5.39 per cent, to $4.04 on five million shares.

Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX:IAE). Oil and gas. Up three cents, or 4.84 per cent, to 65 cents on 4.9 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT). Oil and gas. Up seven cents, or 11.67 per cent, to 67 cents on 3.5 million shares. Penn West expects to get about $205 million in cash from the sale of some non-core assets in southeast Saskatchewan, the second divestiture since the Calgary-based company chopped its workforce by 35 per cent. The Calgary-based company said it plans to reduce debt with proceeds from the sale of its 9.5 per cent working interest in the Weyburn unit.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC). Engineering, construction. Up $1.01, or 2.66 per cent, to $38.99 on 651,179 shares. SNC-Lavalin will pay $1.5 million and accept certain conditions to settle a corruption case brought against the company by the African Development Bank Group.