Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,227.66 down 17.48 points):

Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS.IR). Utilities. Up 35 cents, or 1.07 per cent, to $33.00 on 31.7 million shares.

Carpathian Gold Inc. (TSX:CPN). Miner. Down 0.5 cents, or 14.29 per cent, to three cents on 7.4 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down 12 cents, or 3.38 per cent, to $3.43 on 6.5 million shares.

Eastern Platinum Ltd. (TSX:ELR). Miner. Unchanged at 7.5 cents on 5.7 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace. Up five cents, or 1.29 per cent, to $3.92 on 5.5 million shares.

Trican Well Service Ltd. (TSX:TCW). Oil and gas. Down 55 cents, or 4.27 per cent, to $12.33 on 5.4 million shares.

Toronto Venture Exchange (1,033.64 up 1.53 points):

Panoro Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:PML). Miner. Unchanged at 28 cents on 10.1 million shares.

Africa Hydrocarbons Inc. (TSXV:NFK). Oil and gas. Down 2.5 cents, or 16.13 per cent, to 13 cents on 6.3 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH). Oil and gas. Down five cents, or 0.60 per cent, to $8.34 on 1.1 million shares. William Gallacher, founder and chairman of the company, announced he was stepping down a day after its Dover oilsands project received a long-awaited green light from the Alberta government. Once all approvals are in hand, PetroChina, currently with a 60 per cent stake in the project, has 30 days to exercise its option to buy out Athabasca’s 40 per cent interest for $1.3 billion — which would be a much-needed cash infusion for Athabasca.

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX:SJ). Forest products. Up 56 cents, or 2.07 per cent, to $27.60 on 79,021 shares. The stock went up even thoughcompany earnings in the fourth quarter missed analyst estimates. The railway tie and utility pole maker earned $19.7 million, or 29 cents per diluted share in the fourth quarter, up from $16.5 million, or 25 cents per share, in the same period a year ago as sales increased to $211.9 million, from $159.3 million. Analysts has, on average, forecast earnings of 30 cents per share on $218 million of revenues.