Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,312.07, down 235.64 points):

MBAC Fertilizer Corp. (TSX:MBC). Agriculture. Up 7.5 cents, or 115.38 per cent, to 14 cents on 12.1 million shares.

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Down 34 cents, or 4.40 per cent, to $7.38 on 4.7 million shares.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Oil and gas. Down 61 cents, or 1.56 per cent, to $38.48 on 4.5 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace. Up two cents, or 0.55 per cent, to $3.63 on 4.4 million shares.

Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH). Oil and gas. Down 23 cents, or 4.99 per cent, to $4.38 on 3.9 million shares.

Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE). Oil and gas. Down 47 cents, or 1.76 per cent, to $26.27 on 3.9 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR). Transportation. Down 50 cents, or 0.66 per cent, to $75.18 on 2.1 million shares. The country’s largest railway posted net income of $853 million in its most recent quarter, up 21 per cent from a year earlier, while revenues grew 16 per cent to a record $2.7 billion. However, adjusted earnings came in at $1.04, a penny short of expectations.