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

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (11,592.12, down 41.28 points):

Westaim Corp. (TSX:WED). Insurance. Up one cent, or 1.37 per cent, at 74 cents on 22,366,119 shares.

Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Miner. Down $1.74, or 4.19 per cent, at $39.79 on 5,916,931 shares.

Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Up eight cents, or 0.27 per cent, at $29.32 on 5,886,937 shares.

First Uranium Corp. (TSX:FIU). Miner. Up seven cents, or 87.5 per cent, at 15 cents on 5,394,301 shares.

Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX:IAE). Oil and gas. Up 12 cents, or 6.98 per cent, at $1.84 on 4,898,885 shares.

Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Insurance. Down one cent, or 0.09 per cent, at $11.02 on 4,436,449 shares.

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TSX Venture Exchange (1,296.08, down 6.56 points):

WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSXV:WZR). Oil and gas. Up three cents, or 3.19 per cent, at 97 cents on 3,970,838 shares.

Pinecrest Energy Inc. (TSXV:PRY). Oil and gas. Down two cents, or 0.95 per cent, at $2.08 on 2,848,217 shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Genivar Inc. (TSX:GNV). Engineering. Down four cents, or 0.16 per cent, at $25.05 on 16,165 shares. The consulting firm has signed a friendly deal to buy British company WSP Group PLC for $442 million in cash. Genivar said it expects the deal will be immediately accretive to its earnings per share without any revenue and cost synergies.

Research In Motion (TSX:RIM). Consumer technology. Up 43 cents, or 4.05 per cent, at $11.04 on 2,226,160 shares. As RIM continues to dwindle, it is discontinuing the lowest-priced model of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. A spokeswoman for the company says the Waterloo, Ont.-based company has stopped production on the 16GB Wi-Fi PlayBook. Remaining supplies at retailers and distributors will be the last quantity. RIM said it continues to manufacture both the 32GB and 64GB models of the PlayBook.

Sandvine Corp. (TSX:SVC). Telecommunications. Down 17 cents, or 11.97 per cent, at $1.25 on 1,158,157 shares. Sandvine shares tumbled after the telecommunications equipment company warned revenue in its second quarter was lower than expected due to delays in negotiating a contract with Spain’s Telefonica. The shares had initially dropped more than 20 per cent shortly after the market opened and had been as low as $1.13.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (TSX:LLL). Athletic equipment. Down $6.31, or 8.76 per cent, at $65.75 on 464,843 shares. The yoga-wear company, which struggled to keep enough products on its shelves last year, said Thursday it now has notably more yoga wear than it can sell. The Vancouver-based company, best known for its yoga-inspired athletic fashions, said the value of its inventory increased by 67 per cent over the same time last year, while also disclosing a disappointing outlook for the rest of 2012.