Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets

TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (12,699.65 down 6.73 points):

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up seven cents, or 2.26 per cent, at $3.17 on 8.57 million shares. The gold sector led all the advancers on the main index, up 1.75 per cent to 255.99 points, as the price of the June bullion contract rose US$9.90 to $1,607.20 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Transportation equipment. Up nine cents, or 2.27 per cent, at $4.05 on 6.49 million shares. The smartphone pioneer will release its fourth-quarter results Thursday.

Antrim Energy Inc. (TSX:AEN). Oil and gas. Down 20 cents, or 51.28 per cent, at 19 cents on 5.67 million shares. The company announced larger quarterly and annual losses compared with the year-earlier comparables. Antrim had a net loss of $67.2 million or 37 cents per share in the fourth quarter, which included a $50.4 million impairment charge. That compared with the year-earlier loss of $14.9 million or nine cents per share. Its loss for the year widened to $134.8 million or 73 cents per share from a loss of $52.97 million or 32 cents per share.

Banro Corp. (TSX:BAA). Miner. Down 20 cents, or 10.10 per cent, at $1.78 on 4.77 million shares.

AuRico Gold Inc. (TSX:AUQ). Miner. Up 24 cents, or 3.85 per cent, at $6.47 on 4.57 million shares.

Toronto Venture Exchange (1,097.79 up 1.76 points):

Eacom Timber Corp. (TSXV:ETR). Timber producer. Down half of a cent, or 1.35 per cent, at 36.5 million shares.

Renegade Petroleum Ltd. (TSXV:RPL). Oil and gas explorer. Up 11 cents, or 6.71 per cent, at $1.75 on 4.37 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

AGF Management Ltd. (TSX:AGF.B). Money manager. Down 66 cents, or 5.74 per cent, at $10.84 on 654,368 shares. The mutual fund and wealth manager posted a net income of $15.6 million in its first quarter, or 17 cents per share, down from year-ago $17.3 million or 18 cents per share from continuing operations. Revenue totalled $122.5 million versus $132 million a year earlier.

Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX:NKO). Oil and gas. Up 55 cents, or 10.44 per cent, at $5.82 on 984,740 shares. The Calgary-based oil and gas producer said that it is in advanced talks to sell certain non-core assets for $157 million. It hopes to sign definitive agreements with two separate purchasers by the end of April. Niko did not say what specific assets were up for sale or who the purchasers were.

Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH). Specialty food company. Up 46 cents, or 2.60 per cent, at $18.13 on 69,185 shares. The company, behind Hygaard and Piller’s increased its quarterly dividend by 6.3 per cent to 31 cents per share, payable July 15 to shareholders of record on June 28. Premium Brands says it is making the move in conjunction with the closing of its friendly, $55-million purchase of Vancouver-area deli foods producer Freybe Gourmet Foods Ltd.