Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (15,241.16, up 12.59 points):

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Up one cent, or 0.38 per cent, to $2.61 on 8.9 million shares.

North American Palladium Ltd. (TSX:PDL). Miner. Down 8.5 cents, or 20.48 per cent, to 33 cents on 6.5 million shares.

Merus Labs International Inc. (TSX:MSL). Pharmaceuticals. Up 39 cents, or 1.96 per cent, to $2.69 on 6.2 million shares.

Ram Power, Corp. (TSX:RPG). Utilities. Unchanged at half-a-cent on 5.2 million shares.

Element Financial Corp. (TSX:EFN). Financial Services. Up 51 cents, or 3.31 per cent, to $15.93 on 5.1 million shares.

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT). Oil and gas. Down 26 cents, or 9.56 per cent, to $2.46 on 4.8 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. (TSX:CTC.A). Retailer. Up $10.85, or 8.85 per cent, to $133.44 on 724,575 shares. Earnings were $206.6 million or $2.44 per diluted share in its fourth-quarter compared with a profit of $191 million or $2.32 per diluted share a year ago. Revenue totalled $3.65 billion, up from $3.33 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, which was one week shorter.

CIBC (TSX:CM). Bank. Up $3.01, or 3.26 per cent, to $95.23 on 2.6 million shares. Adjusted quarterly earnings were $956 million or $2.36 a share, beating estimates of $2.27 a share and the bank increased its quarterly dividend by three cents to $1.06 per share. Net earnings fell from $1.177 billion a year ago, when the bank had a one-time gain from its Aeroplan credit card business, to $923 million or $2.28 a share.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L). Supermarkets, pharmacies. Up 32 cents, or 0.50 per cent, to $64.67 on 1.3 million shares. The grocery giant more than doubled its fourth-quarter profit, driven by its acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart as revenue rose to $11.4 billion, up 49 per cent from a year ago.

TD (TSX:TD). Bank. Up 54 cents, or one per cent, to $54.47 on 4.5 million shares. The bank earned $2.06 billion or $1.09 per diluted share for the quarter, compared with a profit of $2.04 billion or $1.07 per diluted share a year ago. Revenue of $7.61 billion exceeded forecasts of $7.1 billion while adjusted earnings were $2.12 billion or $1.12 per share, which met expectations. TD also upped its quarterly dividend by four cents to 51 cents a share.

Note to readers: This is a corrrected story: A missing decimal point in a previous versionresulted in anincorrect percentage increase for CIBC