Most actively traded companies on the TSX

Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (14,764.77, up 16.58 points):

Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:ASP). Drug manufacturers. Up 3.5 cents, or 24.14 per cent, to 18 cents on 6.3 million shares.

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Down 27 cents, or 4.02 per cent, to $6.45 on 5.8 million shares.

Iamgold Corp. (TSX:IMG). Miner. Down 28 cents, or 4.71 per cent, to $5.66 on 4.9 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Up one cent, or 0.50 per cent, to $2 on 4.8 million shares.

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Up nine cents, or 1.34 per cent, to $6.83 on 4.6 million shares.

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Up 18 cents, or 1.39 per cent, to $13.16 on 4.2 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO). Bank. Up $1.85, or 2.19 per cent, to $86.27 on 2.7 million shares. The Bank of Montreal saw its third-quarter profit grow four per cent to $1.25 billion even as it set aside more money for bad loans. Last year, BMO reported net income of $1.19 billion during the comparable three-month period ended July 31. On a per share basis, BMO’s earnings amounted to $1.86, compared with $1.80 per share during the same period last year.