Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (15,080.91, down 19.47 points):

Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:CGC). Drug manufacturer. Up $2.19, or 26.55 per cent, to $10.44 on 11.3 million shares.

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Down 17 cents, or 3.09 per cent, to $5.33 on 8.4 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down 20 cents, or 5.99 per cent, to $3.14 on 7.8 million shares.

Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Down 38 cents, or 8.19 per cent, to $4.26 on 7.3 million shares.

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Down 20 cents, or 4.81 per cent, to $3.96 on 7.1 million shares.

DREAM Unlimited Corp. (TSX:DRM). Real estate. Down 25 cents, or 3.81 per cent, to $6.32 on 6.5 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Amaya Inc. (TSX:AYA). Online gaming. Up 15 cents, or 0.80 per cent, to $18.82 on one million shares. Amaya founder David Baazov has confirmed that a company he said was financially backing his proposed takeover of the online gaming company has no plans to do so. In a statement today, Baazov said an equity commitment letter he received purporting to be from KBC Aldini Capital Ltd. was delivered without KBC’s knowledge or consent.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX:POT). Fertilizer. Down 34 cents, or 1.41 per cent, to $23.73 on 1.7 million shares. Potash Corp. is cutting 140 jobs and temporarily laying off an undetermined number of other workers as the company reduces output amid weak prices. Potash Corp. says its operation at the Cory potash facility, southwest of the company’s head office in Saskatoon, will reduce output capacity by about 43 per cent to 800,000 tonnes, from 1.4 million tonnes.