Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (14,533.57, up 8.96 points):
B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down 21 cents, or 5.60 per cent, to $3.54 on 7.9 million shares.
Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Up 34 cents, or 3.37 per cent, to $10.43 on 7.4 million shares.
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Miner. Up two cents, or 0.20 per cent, to $10 on 5.9 million shares.
BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB). Wireless communications. Up 14 cents, or 1.61 per cent, to $8.82 on 5.5 million shares.
Chinook Energy Inc. (TSX:CKE). Oil and gas. Down one cent, or 1.92 per cent, to 51 cents on 5.4 million shares.
Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Miner. Down $2.09, or 7.44 per cent, to $26 on 5.3 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Oil and gas. Down $1.03, or 1.89 per cent, to $53.55 on 1.6 million shares. Enbridge Inc. has reached a US$177-million settlement with the U.S. government, including US$62 million in civil penalties, for two major pipeline leaks in 2010, one of which was among the costliest onshore spills in American history. The Calgary energy giant has vowed to beef up safety protocols in an effort to prevent spills like the one in Michigan, where nearly 3.2 million litres of crude flowed into the Kalamazoo River.
