Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (14,482.42, down 32.10 points):
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (TSX:BIR). Oil and gas. Up 26 cents, or 2.99 per cent, to $8.96 on 6.7 million shares.
Dalradian Resources Inc. (TSX:DNA). Miner. Up two cents, or 1.94 per cent, to $1.05 on 6.3 million shares.
Twin Butte Energy Ltd. (TSX:TBE). Oil and gas. Up half a cent, or 10 per cent, to 5.5 cents on 6.1 million shares.
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Miner. Down 69 cents, or 6.33 per cent, to $10.21 on 5.9 million shares.
Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX:TMM). Miner. Up 10 cents, or 16.67 per cent, to 70 cents on 5.2 million shares.
B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down seven cents, or 1.81 per cent, to $3.80 on 4.7 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX:SJR.B). Telecommunications and media. Down 32 cents, or 1.27 per cent, to $24.86 on 1.1 million shares. Shaw Communications says its profits more than tripled in the third quarter, boosted by the sale of its media division to Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX:CJR.B) (up one cent, or 0.08 per cent, to $12.56 on 503,605 shares). The Calgary-based company says it earned $704 million or $1.44 per diluted share for the three months ending May 31, up from $209 million or 42 cents per diluted share in the same quarter a year ago.