Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (13,212.50, up 88.85 points):

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Up 71 cents, or 10.77 per cent, to $7.30 on 23.9 million shares.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Miner. Up 40 cents, or 6.02 per cent, to $7.04 on 22 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up 12 cents, or 7.64 per cent, to $1.69 on 20.9 million shares.

GeneNews Ltd. (TSX:GEN). Health-care. Up 6.5 cents, or 216.67 per cent, to 9.5 cents on 17.8 million shares.

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Up 42 cents, or 9.52 per cent, to $4.83 on 15.6 million shares.

Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Down 14 cents, or 3.40 per cent, to $3.98 on 14.9 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Endeavour Mining Corp. (TSX:EDV). Miner. Down $1.62, or 12.59 per cent, to $11.25 on 1.2 million shares. The company has a friendly deal to acquire Vancouver-based True Gold Mining Inc. and control of a new mine that’s preparing to pour its first gold within a matter of weeks. Through True Gold, Endeavour would acquire a 90 per cent interest in the Karma mine in Burkina Faso.