Most actively traded companies on Canadian stock markets

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (8,117.03 up 59.21 points):

Uranium One Inc. (TSX:UUU). Miner. Down eight cents, or 7.02 per cent, to $1.06 on 8,944,716 shares. The metals and mining sector led the losers on the TSX, shedding 1.94 per cent.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Transportation equipment. Up six cents, or 1.53 per cent, to $3.98 on 8,064,129 shares as the company was awarded a contract to provide French Railways with diesel-electric locomotives worth US$203 million.

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Down two cents, or 0.32 per cent, to $6.28 on 7,540,908 shares.

Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY). Financial. Down 77 cents, or 2.07 per cent, to $36.40 on 7,381,901 shares as the bank reported its fourth-quarter profit dipped 15 per cent to $1.12 billion and revenue sagged 10 per cent to $5.07 billion.

Teck Cominco Ltd. (TSX:TCK.B). Down 12 cents, or 2.96 per cent, to $3.93 on 7,349,945 shares.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurer. Up $1.33, or 6.83 per cent, to $20.80 on 7,036,693 shares.

TSX Venture Exchange (684.31 down 13.55 points):

Verena Minerals Corp. (TSXV:VML). Miner. Down a penny, or 5.56 per cent, to nine cents on 3,000,000 shares.

Cabo Drilling Corp. (TSXV:CBE). Unchanged at six cents on 2,669,700 shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Allen-Vanguard Corp. (TSX:VRS). Defence gear. Up two cents, or 26.67 per cent, to 9.5 cents on 2,880,000 shares after announcing a contract worth up to $7.5 million over three years to provide training and support for U.S. roadside-bomb jamming equipment.

BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE). Communications and media. Down 10 cents, or 0.44 per cent, to $22.85 on 5,390,000 shares after the telecom company denied rumours that the investment group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is proposing to take a minority holding.

Laurentian Bank (TSX:LB). Financial. Down $2.63, or 7.40 per cent, to $32.90 on 187,477 shares as fourth-quarter profit edged down to $27.3 million from $30.2 million a year ago.