shares in toronto rose midday tuesday as investors battled back fears tied to the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus shares of organigram holdings inc rose after the moncton new brunswickbased cannabis company announced plans to acquire laurentian organic inc for about 28 million plus additional earnout considerations canadas sptsx composite index rose 173 to 2089373 while the bluechip sptsx 60 ticked 162 higher organigram holdings shares were up 734 at midday after the company announced its acquisition of laurentian organigram said the deal will let it reach into premium cannabis products and grow its footprint in quebec shares of shopify inc rose 59 recovering losses seen on monday the rise comes after canadian retail sales surged more than expected in october according to new economic data with statistics canada saying that early indicators for retail sales in november indicate another monthovermonth increase to come write to will feuer at willfeuerdowjonescom