Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets

TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (12,577.05 up 47.50 points):

RMP Energy Inc. (TSX:RMP). Oil and gas. Up 19 cents, or 4.23 per cent, at $4.68 on 12.88 million shares. The Calgary-based company’s first-quarter revenue jumped to $32.6 million from $19.17 million amid record-setting average daily production.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Transportation equipment. Down eight cents, or 1.73 per cent, at $4.55 on 12.70 million shares.

BlackBerry (TSX:BB). Wireless technology. Down 49 cents, or 3.05 per cent, at $15.55 on 7.38 million shares. The smartphone pioneer will make its popular BlackBerry Messenger service available for free to Android and iOS devices this year. BlackBerry also launched a new smartphone, which is available in four different colours and aimed at emerging markets.

Element Financial Corp. (TSX:EFN). Financial services. Up 44 cents, or 4.49 per cent, at $10.25 on 5.05 million shares. Toronto-based Element Financial booked a first-quarter profit of $4.69 million or four cents per share compared with a loss of $261,000 or nil per share in the same year-ago period. Total revenue jumped to $31.84 million from $5.53 million.

TORC Oil and Gas Ltd. (TSX:TOG). Oil and gas. Down five cents, or 2.99 per cent, at $1.62 on 4.96 million shares.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurer. Up 41 cents, or 2.63 per cent, at $15.99 on 4.32 million shares.

Toronto Venture Exchange (949.87 down 7.32 points):

Corsa Coal Corp. (TSXV:CSO). Miner. Unchanged at nine cents, or 10.16 million shares.

Eagle Hill Exploration Corp. (TSXV:EAG). Mineral exploration. Up two cents, or 26.67 per cent, at 9.5 cents on 4.93 million shares. The Vancouver-based company announced high grade gold results from the winter drill program at its Windfall Lake Gold Deposit in Quebec.

Companies reporting major news:

Leon’s Furniture Ltd (TSX:LNF). Furniture retailer. Down 41 cents, or three per cent, at $13.24 on 9,132 shares. The home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailer saw its first-quarter profit drop due to lower same-store sales, store opening costs and expenses related to the acquisition of The Brick Ltd. Net earnings totalled $5.4 million or seven cents per diluted share, down from $8.6 million or 12 cents per share in the same 2012 period. Revenue rose to $162.5 million from $157.4 million.

Rona (TSX:RON). Home improvement retailer. Down 51 cents, or 4.80 per cent, at $10.12 on 309,259 shares. Rona posted an adjusted loss of $22.7 million or 19 cents per share in the first quarter, up from a loss of $13.5 million or 11 cents per share in the same year-ago period. Revenue dropped by $4.6 million to $929.4 million.