TSX movers and shakers

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (16,029.64, down 12.48 points)

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Healthcare. Down 40 cents, or 4.85 per cent, to $7.85 on 45.5 million shares.

Fortune Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FT). Miner. Up 3.5 cents, or 13.73 per cent, to 29 cents on 9.8 million shares.

Aphria Inc. (TSX:APH). Healthcare. Down 59 cents, or 4.89 per cent, to $11.47 on 9.03 million shares.

Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Down 78 cents, or 3.97 per cent, to $18.85 on 6.8 million shares.

Precision Drilling Corp. (TSX:PD). Oil and gas. Down two cents, or 0.63 per cent, to $3.17 on six million shares.

Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:ASP). Drug manufacturers. Down 11 cents, or 22.00 per cent, to 39 cents on 4.9 million shares. Companies reporting major news: Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS). Bank. Down $1.75, or 2.10 per cent, to $81.73 on 4.04 million shares. The Toronto-based bank said Tuesday it has submitted a binding offer to acquire Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.’s interests in its Chilean banking operation, BBVA Chile, and certain subsidiaries.

CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CRT.UN). Up 14 cents, or 0.96 per cent, to $14.72 on 23,697 shares. The company has signed a deal to buy seven properties from RioCan REIT (TSX:REI.UN) (down 24 cents, or 0.95 per cent, to $25.05 on 1.1 million shares) for $200 million.

Five of the locations are in Ontario, located in Collingwood, Hamilton, Orillia, St. Catharines and Sudbury.

One is in Yorkton, Sask., and another is in Oliver. All have a Canadian Tire store as a major tenant.

Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX:HCG). Financial Services. Up 33 cents, or 2.03 per cent, to $16.59 on 556,811 shares. The alternative mortgage lender said Tuesday it has received a draft statement of claim from a partnership managed by West Face Capital Inc. containing allegations of misrepresentation. The company said the draft, which has not yet been filed in court, is claiming damages of $70 million.

TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP). Oil and gas. Up six cents, or 0.09 per cent, to $63.55 on 1.06 million shares. Speaking at an investor day in Toronto, Dean Patry, senior vice-president of liquids, said the company started to engage with Nebraska landowners along the alternate route of its Keystone XL pipeline approved last week.