Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,995.65, down 67.23 points):

Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (TSX:COS). Oil and gas. Down 79 cents, or 6.94 per cent, to $10.60 on 10.8 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up eight cents, or 3.51 per cent, to $2.36 on 10.2 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace and transportation. Down five cents, or 1.67 per cent, to $2.94 on 9.2 million shares.

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT). Oil and gas. Down seven cents, or 2.66 per cent, to $2.56 on 6.6 million shares.

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Unchanged at $9.48 on 5.9 million shares.

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PRE). Oil and gas. Down 52 cents, or 11.45 per cent, to $4.02 on 5.6 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Brookfield Property Partners L.P. (TSX:BPY.UN). Real estate services. Up 46 cents, or 1.53 per cent, to $30.60 on 111,650 shares. Brookfield group’s main real estate holding will raise its quarterly distribution to investors by six per cent to 26.5 cents per unit, beginning with the March 31 payment.