Most active companies on TSE

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (15,097.84, down 22.07 points):

Hydro One Ltd. Instalment Receipts (TSX:H.IR). Utilities. Up 20 cents, or 0.55 per cent, to $36.75 on 12.8 million shares.

Primero Mining Corp. (TSX:P). Miner. Down three cents, or 18.75 per cent, to 13 cents on 5.5 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Up two cents, or 0.76 per cent, to $2.65 on 5.1 million shares.

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI). Biotechnology. Up five cents, or 3.79 per cent, to $1.37 on 3.9 million shares.

Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE). Oil and gas. Down 10 cents, or 1.02 per cent, to $9.74 on 3.4 million shares.

Companies reporting major news: Metro Inc. (TSX:MRU). Grocer. Down 24 cents, or 0.56 per cent, to $42.64 on 900,860 shares.The Montrealbased grocery chain reported its net income was up 3.7 per cent or $4.5 million from the comparable period in last year’s fiscal third quarter, at $183 million or 78 cents per share. Its overall sales edged up 1.4 per cent or $58.7 million to $4.07 billion but same-store sales were down 0.2 per cent.

CEO Eric La Fleche also said the company will accelerate its study of automation as it looks to cut costs to offset the provincial government’s plan to raise the minimum wage next year.