Most actively traded companies on the TSX

Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,635.96, up 33.08 points):

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM): Oil and gas. Up three cents, or 0.32 per cent, to $9.37 on 6.6 million shares.

Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (TSX:COS). Oil and gas. Down 50 cents, or 7.13 per cent, to $6.51 on 6.1 million shares. Trading was halted prior to an announcement after the close that it was slashing its quarterly dividend to five cents from 35 cents. The biggest partner in the Syncrude Canada Ltd. oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta., says it is making the move to preserve cash as it copes with the 55 per cent plunge in oil prices since last summer.

Pengrowth Energy Corp. (TSX:PGF). Oil and gas. Down eight cents, or 2.47 per cent, to $3.16 on 5.8 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up five cents, or 2.08 per cent, to $2.45 on 5.19 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace and transportation. Up six cents, or 2.09 per cent, to $2.93 on 5.18 million shares.

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PRE). Oil and gas. Down 40 cents, or 12.12 per cent, to $2.90 on 4.9 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

PotashCorp of Saskatchewan (TSX:POT). Fertilizer. Up 12 cents, or 0.26 per cent, to $45.48 on 2.1 million shares. PotashCorp is boosting it quarterly dividend nine per cent amid quarterly earning of $407 million or 49 cents per share, which beat estimates of 47 cents. Revenue was $1.9 billion, up from $1.5 billion a year ago.

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (TSX:QSR). Up $1.44, or three per cent, to $49.44 on 361,030 shares. Tim Hortons disclosed that about 350 employees lost their jobs this week in layoffs across the organization, focused mainly at its headquarters and regional offices. Tim Hortons merged with Burger King under Restaurant Brands International late last year and the company’s new owner was widely expected to cut staff.

Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B). Up 31 cents, or 0.7 per cent, to $44.86 on 1.7 million shares. The diversified communications and media company posted adjusted net income of $355 million or 69 cents a share, beating expectations of 64 cents. Its revenue was up four per cent at $3.37 billion. It also hiked its annual dividend by five per cent.

TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP). Oil and gas. Up 66 cents, or 1.19 per cent, to $55.98 on 1.1 million shares. The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, defying a presidential veto threat and setting up the first of many battles with the White House over energy and the environment.