TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (down 262.21 points at-,096.70):
Blue Note Mining Inc. (TSX:BN). Mining. Up one cent, or 25 per cent, at five cents on 12,205,857 shares. The Montreal-based company reported a 24 per cent second-quarter revenue increase on Thursday. Net loss widened at $12.7 million or $0.035 per share compared to $2.5 million or $0.01 per share from a year ago.
Goldcorp (TSX:G). Mining. Down $1.77, or 5.38 per cent, at $31.16 on 6,510,718 shares. The gold sector had the biggest loss on the TSX, falling 4.36 per cent. The bullion dropped below the $800 mark Friday at US$792.10 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold traded at its all time high at $1,033.39 on March 17.
Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Mining. Down 43 cents, or 3.96 per cent, at $10.43 on 6,147,171 shares.
EarthFirst Canada Inc. (TSX:EF). Utilities. Down five cents, or 15.63 per cent, at 27 cents on 5,465,108 shares.
Silverwing Energy Inc. (TSX:SVW). Oil and gas. Up three cents, or 100 per cent, at six cents on 5,443,114 shares. The junior oil and gas producer reported increased revenue and a reduced net loss compared with last year. Silverwing is being acquired by Bonterra Energy Income Trust (TSX:BNE.UN).
Groupe Aeroplan Inc. (TSX:AER). Loyalty card program operator. Up 95 cents, or 7.14 per cent, at $14.25 on 5,422,366 shares after the firm announced lower profits in the second quarter on Thursday.
TSX Venture Exchange (down 53.85 points at 1,937.33):
Creston Moly Corp. (TSXV:CMS). Down 6.5 cents, or 17.57 at 30.5 cents on 4,324,287 shares.
Plexmar Resources Inc. (TSXV:PLE). Mining. Down two cents, or-.79 per cent, at 12.5 cents on 3,831,000 shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Bonterra Energy Income Trust. Oil and gas. Up $1.62, or 5.03 per cent, at $33.82 on 26,598 shares. The firm plans to convert into a dividend-paying corporation in response to a change to federal income tax rules. The Calgary-based company also announced it will increase its natural gas output, reserves and tax pools with the acquisition of SRX Post Holdings Inc. (TSX:SRX), which has been under court protection from creditors.
Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA). Contact lenses provider. Down two cents, or 2.22 per cent, at 88 cents on 40,650 shares after filing a defamation lawsuit against the College of Opticians of British Columbia. The move comes nearly a year after the opticians group asked the Supreme Court of British Columbia for an injunction to prevent the sale in B.C. of contact lenses by Coastal Contacts and its Clearly Contacts affiliate.
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