Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (14,870.63, down 52.38 points):
Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:CGC). Drug manufacturer. Down 56 cents, or 8.66 per cent, to $5.91 on 9.2 million shares.
B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Up 29 cents, or 8.03 per cent, to $3.90 on 7.3 million shares.
Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Up 16 cents, or 3.21 per cent, to $5.14 on 6.5 million shares.
Orbite Technologies Inc. (TSX:ORT). Miner. Down four cents, or 10.96 per cent, to 32.5 cents on 6.1 million shares.
Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Up 19 cents, or 3.78 per cent, to $5.21 on six million shares.
Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Down 57 cents, or 3.94 per cent, to $13.88 on 5.9 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR). Transportation. Down 14 cents, or 0.16 per cent, to $87.67 on 889,676 shares. Canadian National Railway says its net earnings fell to $972 million in the third quarter as revenues dropped six per cent to $3.01 billion. The Montreal-based railway says it earned $1.25 per diluted share for the three months ended Sept. 30, down one cent from a year ago when it earned about $1 billion.
Sherritt International (TSX:S). Miner. Up four cents, or 4.55 per cent, to 92 cents on 1.4 million shares. Sherritt International cut its Ambatovy mine’s 2016 nickel production forecast for the second time this year. The mining company — which operates Ambatovy and owns 40 per cent of the joint venture — said Tuesday the new production estimate is for between 40,000 tonnes and 42,000 tonnes of nickel.
