TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (12,076.03 down 13.85points):
Macarthur Minerals Ltd. (TSX:MMS). Miner. Down 5.5 cents, or 16.18 per cent, at 28.5 cents on 4,205,200 shares. The metals and mining sector led the decliners on the main index, dropping 0.73 per cent.
White Tiger Gold Ltd. (TSX:WTG). Miner. Up two cents, or 33.33 per cent, at eight cents on 3,694,020 shares.
Cott Corp. (TSX:BCB). Softdrink maker. Up five cents, or 0.59 per cent, at $8.47 on 3,657,055 shares.
Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurer. Down 20 cents, or 1.76 per cent, at 11.14 on 3,439,521 shares. The financial sector ended the day at 176.73 points, down 0.70 points or 0.39 per cent.
DHX Media Ltd. (TSX:DHX). TV show producer. Up 27 cents, or 23.68 per cent, at $1.41 on 2,913,575 shares. The children's show producer bought Toronto's Cookie Jar Entertainment, which is behind the shows "Caillou" and "Inspector Gadget," for $111 million. DHX Media says the move will help it increase global sales on digital platforms like mobile devices and Netflix.
Uranium One Inc. (TSX:UUU). Miner. Down five cents, or 1.96 per cent, at $2.50 on 2,732,185 shares.
TSX Venture Exchange (1,229.34 down 4.07 points):
Underground Energy Corp. (TSXV:UGE). Oil and gas. Down two cents, or 25 per cent, at six cents on 6,885,000 shares.
Corsa Coal Corp. (TSXV:CSO). Miner. Down 3.5 cents, or 18.42 per cent, at 15.5 cents on 5,808,620 shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Franco-Nevada Corp. (TSX:FNV). Miner. Down 13 cents, or 0.26 per cent, at $48.95 on 723,647 shares. The company agreed to commit $1 billion toward paying for the cost of a major copper mining project in Panama being led by Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN). Inmet owns 80 per cent of the Cobre Panama project and the remainder is owned by Korea Panama Mining Corp. Shares of Inmet Mining were down 39 cents, or 0.87 per cent, at $44.43 on 335,622 shares.
Inter Pipeline Fund (TSX:IPL.UN). Pipeline. Down 18 cents, or 0.83 per cent, at $21.54 on 416,568 shares. The Calgary-based company's Polaris pipeline system has begun serving Imperial Oil Ltd.'s (TSX:IMO) Kearl oilsands mine. According to the company, the $90-million project to connect Kearl to the Polaris system was completed on schedule and below budget.
Pure Energy Services Ltd. (TSX:PSV). Oilfield services. Up $3.12, or 39.75 per cent, at $10.97 on 1,836,315 shares. Houston-based FMC Technologies Inc. said it will acquire Calgary-based Pure Energy for $282 million, a move FMC chairman and CEO John Gremp said will help grow its company’s shale gas-related business. The transaction is expected to close by the end of October.
