Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (15,212.75, down 71.86 points):

Carpathian Gold Inc. (TSX:CPN). Miner. Unchanged at one cent on 21.7 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, railway equipment. Down one cent, or 0.4 per cent, to $2.52 on 8.9 million shares.

Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE). Oil and gas. Down $1.17, or 5.02 per cent, to $22.12 on 7.9 million shares. The company is raising $1.5 billion through the sale of 67.5 million common shares priced at $22.25 each in a move aimed at shoring up its balance sheet in the face of plummeting oil prices.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurance. Up 14 cents, or 0.64 per cent, to $22.09 on 6.9 million shares.

Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX:CS). Miner. Up one cent, or 071 per cent, to $1.42 on 6.4 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up two cents, or 0.97 per cent, to $2.08 on 6.01 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR). Transportation. Up 90 cents, or 1.03 per cent, to $88.10 on one million shares. The company plans to unilaterally modify some terms of its collective agreement with Unifor after talks with the union broke down on the weekend. CN president and CEO Claude Mongeau says the changes, to be implement Friday, include a two per cent wage increase.

High Liner Foods Inc. (TSX:HLF). Frozen foods. Down 38 cents, or 1.65 per cent, to $22.69 on 104,099 shares. The Nova Scotia-based frozen seafood company says its annual sales surpassed the $1-billion mark for the first time ever in 2014 as two recent acquisitions offset the negative effect of a weaker Canadian dollar and higher one-time costs.Net income for the fourth quarter fell 35.6 per cent from a year earlier to US$5.6 million, while annual net income dropped 3.4 per cent to $30.3 million.

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Up four cents, or 0.42 per cent, to $9.51 on 1.9 million shares. Its shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve a takeover of the company by Spain’s Repsol SA.