TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (12,260.94 down 9.71 points):
Allana Potash Corp. (TSX:AAA). Potash exploration. Down 14 cents, or 14.29 per cent, at 84 cents on 10,344,561 shares.
Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Down 12 cents, or 0.96 per cent, at $12.37 on 6,312,676 shares.
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Transportation equipment. Up seven cents, or 1.68 per cent, at $4.23 on 5,891,289 shares.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Down nine cents, or 0.27 per cent, at $32.73 on 4,904,161 shares.
Crocodile Gold Corp. (TSX:CRK). Down one cent, or 1.82 per cent, at 54 cents on 4,225,697 shares.
Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY). Oil and gas. Down 29 cents, or 1.58 per cent, at $18.11 on 4,196,345 shares.
TSX Venture Exchange (1,531.12 down 11.11 points):
St. Elias Mines Ltd. (TSXV:SLI). Miner. Down 58 cents, or 40.85 per cent, at 84 cents on 7,862,948 shares.
Forum Uranium Corp. (TSXV:FDC). Miner. Down one cent, or 11.11 per cent, at eight cents on 7,787,091 shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Shaw Media (TSX:SJR.B). Telecommunications. Down 10 cents, or 0.49 per cent, at $20.48 on 547,421 shares. The company filed an application Wednesday with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to start a regional all-news speciality channel in British Columbia.
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (TSX:IE). Oil and gas. Down five cents, or 4.31 per cent, at $1.11 on 2,193,336 shares. Ivanhoe's subsidiary, Sunwing Zitong Energy, is selling its interest in production from the Zitong block gas discovery in China’s Sichuan Basin to Royal Dutch Shell for up to US$160 million.
Magna International Inc. (TSX:MG). Auto parts. Up $1.20, or 3.13 per cent, at $39.52 on 1,430,230 shares. The company raised sales predictions for 2012 by as much as eight per cent as it looks to new markets for growth. The company also targets operating margins at about five per cent, an improvement over the scaled back predictions of 4.75 per cent made for 2011.