TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (11,713.43 down 15.21 points):
Osisko Mining Corp. (TSX:OSK). Miner. Up 31 cents, or 2.44 per cent, at $13 on 9,883,900 shares. The metals and mining sector led the losers on the TSX, dropping 0.84 per cent.
Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurer. Down three cents, or 0.18 per cent, at $16.34 on 8,085,772 shares. The financial sector dipped 0.48 per cent.
Brookfield Properties Corp. (TSX:BPO). Real estate. Down 54 cents, or 3.37per cent, at $15.50 on 4,786,855 shares. The company is selling its residential land and housing business in the United States and Canada as part of the plan to become a pure-play office property company.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Down two cents, or 0.06 per cent, at $33.89 on 3,668,401 shares. The energy sector slipped 0.40 per cent, despite a 59-cent hike on the September crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil futures closed at US$78.95 per barrel.
Research In Motion (TSX:RIM). Hardware. Up $1.47, or 2.55 per cent, at $59.15 on 3,278,824 shares. The inventor of the BlackBerry has overtaken Sony Ericsson to claim the No. 4 spot in a ranking of the world's top mobile phone makers.
Western Coal Corp. (TSX:WTN). Miner. Down eight cents, or 1.87 per cent, at $4.20 on 3,022,756 shares.
TSX Venture Exchange (1,427.36 up 5.07 points):
Sidon International Resources Corp. (TSXV:SD). Metal ore mining. Up 2.5 cents, or 18.52 per cent, at 16 cents on 9,660,520 shares.
Gold Bullion Development Corp. (TSXV:GBB). Mining explorer/developer. Up three cents, or 5.45 per cent, at 58 cents on 4,549,009 shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Domtar Corp. (TSX:UFS). Forestry. Up $4.72, or 8.50 per cent, at $60.24 on 186,777 shares. Second-quarter revenue at the pulp and paper producer was up sharply but its overall profit decreased as a result of a loss on the sale of its wood business and a series of one-time items.
George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN). Grocery chain. Down 79 cents, or one per cent, at $78.51 on 62,967 shares. The Toronto-based parent of the Loblaw (TSX:L) grocery store chain reported a second-quarter profit of $125 million, well ahead from year-earlier net earnings of $4 million, on improvements in operating performance at both its grocery store and baked goods divisions.