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 (12,367.46 up 78.56 points):

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Plane and train maker. Down 14 cents, or 2.98 per cent, at $4.56 on 18.86 million shares. Bombardier announced at the Paris Aire Show that VistaJet has placed an order of up to 40 new Challenger 350s that would be worth US$1.035 billion at current list prices. However, the Montreal-based concern has yet to announce a CSeries order at the premier aerospace event.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down six cents, or 2.44 per cent, at $2.40 on 6.97 million shares. Gold led the decliners on the main index, dropping 2.89 per cent to 185.27 points as bullion fell US$16.20 to US$1,366.90 an ounce, the lowest price its been since mid-May.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurer. Up 36 cents, or 2.25 per cent, at $16.39 on 5.98 million shares.

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI). Biotechnology. Up 1.5 cents, or 4.48 per cent, at 35 cents on 4.34 million shares.

BlackBerry (TSX:BB). Wireless technology. Up 53 cents, or 3.63 per cent, at $15.13 on 4.01 million shares. RBC Capital Markets raised expectations for shipments of new BlackBerry 10 devices and said that the smartphone pioneer should be profitable this fiscal year.

Toronto Venture Exchange (929.99 down 4.05 points):

Lynden Energy Corp. (TSXV:LVL). Oil and gas. Unchanged at 70 cents on 2.72 million shares.

Pinecrest Energy Inc. (TSX:PRY). Oil and gas. Unchanged at 67 cents on 2.28 million shares.

Company reporting major news:

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL). Apparel manufacturing. Up 84 cents, or 2.04 per cent, at $41.99 on 268,920 shares. The sock and T-shirt maker will buy the assets and an operating affiliate of screenprinter New Buffalo Shirt Factory Inc. for US$7 million.

Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC). Retail. Down 52 cents, or 3.10 per cent, at $16.23 on 341,171 shares. The department store owner promoted chief merchant and executive vice-president Liz Rodbell to company president while high profile president Bonnie Brooks was named its new vice-chairman. The Toronto-based company says the changes are in effect immediately.

Tim Hortons Inc. (TSX:THI). Coffee and doughnut chain. Up $2.17, or 4.03 per cent, at $56.05 on 1.04 million shares. Scout Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund manager, upped its stake in Tim Hortons to 5.5 per cent from 1.48 per cent to put pressure on the restaurant operator to make changes to boost profitability. In April, Highfields Capital Management, another U.S. hedge fund, also pushed for a focus on profitability at the chain.