Most actively traded companies on the TSX

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

Toronto Stock Exchange (13,710.31, up 87.30 points):

Rubicon Minerals Corp. (TSX:RMX). Miner. Down 32 cents, or 55.17 per cent, to 26 cents on 20.9 million shares.

Telesta Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:TST). Health-care. Up four cents, or 5.88 per cent, to 72 cents on 7.3 million shares.

OceanaGold Corp. (OGC). Miner. Unchanged at $2.56 on 7.2 million shares.

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT). Oil and gas. Up 21 cents, or 11.80 per cent, to $1.99 on 6.1 million shares.

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Down 13 cents, or 4.48 per cent, to $2.77 on 5.7 million shares.

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Up 55 cents, or 9.50 per cent, to $6.34 on 5.6 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP). Oil and gas. Up 22 cents, or 0.50 per cent, to $44.44 on 1.1 million shares. The company behind the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline denies the 2016 U.S. presidential election was a factor when it asked for the review of the project to be suspended. TransCanada CEO Russ Girling says the company has tried to stay out of politics throughout the more than seven years that the project has been winding its way through the regulatory process.

WestJet (TSX:WJA). Airline. Down 56 cents, or 2.31 per cent, to $23.73 on 887,533 shares. Despite posting record profits, WestJet Airlines says it is eliminating free checked bags on all economy fare flights to Europe and sun destinations starting early in the new year. The Calgary-based airline announced Tuesday that a $25 baggage fee will apply to new economy bookings for flights as of Jan. 6.