Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,744.70, down 177.74 points):

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT). Oil and gas. Down 14 cents, or 3.33 per cent, to $4.07 on 6.4 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Up one cent, or 0.23 per cent, to $4.36 on six million shares.

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Down 15 cents, or 2.68 per cent, to $5.45 on 5.8 million shares.

Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Down 75 cents, or 2.03 per cent, to $36.11 on 5.6 million shares.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Oil and gas. Down 49 cents, or 1.27 per cent, to $37.96 on 4.9 million shares.

Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH). Oil and gas. Down five cents, or 1.93 per cent, to $2.54 on 4.5 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

BCE Inc (TSX:BCE). Communication services. Up one cent, or 0.02 per cent, to $53.34 on 1.3 million shares. The company plans to buy wireless phone retailer Glentel Inc. in a deal valued at $670 million in stock, cash and debt. Glentel (TSX:GLN) was up $13, or 101.96 per cent, to $25.75 on 1.3 million shares.