TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (11,694.67, down 41.5 points):
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Transportation equipment. Down 16 cents, or 4.04 per cent, at $3.80 on 13,071,622 shares.
Osisko Mining Corp. (TSX:OSK). Miner. Down $1.10, or 12.94 per cent, at $7.40 on 9,618,572 shares.
Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurer. Up 16 cents, or 1.31 per cent, at $12.36 on 8,246,710 shares.
Eastern Platinum Ltd. (TSX:ELR). Miner. Down 1.5 cents, or 4.23 per cent, at 34 cents on 4,794,337 shares.
Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Down 42 cents, or 3.72 per cent, at $10.86 on 4,409,128 shares.
Viterra Inc. (TSX:VT). Grain-handler. Down one cent, or 0.06 per cent, at $15.96 on 4,360,984 shares.
TSX Venture Exchange (1,345.58, down 9.73 points):
BSM Technologies Inc. (TSXV:GPS). E-commerce. Up 0.5 cents, or 12.50 per cent, at 4.5 cents on 4,867,000 shares.
Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. (TSXV:TRR). Miner. Up one cent, or 0.31 per cent, at $3.28 on 4,235,279 shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Dorel Industries (TSX:DII.B). Leisure sports. Down $2.44, or 8.47 per cent, at $26.36 on 37,798 shares. The maker of bikes and other products for children missed expectations by reporting a 6.4 per cent drop in first-quarter profits to $29.2 million despite higher revenues. It earned 91 cents per share for the period ended March 31. That compared to 94 cents per share or $31.2 million a year earlier.
Miranda Technologies Inc. (TSX:MT). Television hardware/software. Up three cents, or 0.26 per cent, at $11.43 on 68,466 shares. For the first quarter ended March 31, Miranda (TSX:MT) reported net profit of $900,000 in its first-quarter, down from $2.3 million in the same period last year. Revenues were up seven per cent to $42.2 million in the quarter, compared with $39.7 million in the first quarter of 2011.
