stocks in toronto were higher midtrading wednesday as minerals and consumer durables outweighed declines in the energy sector in the session duallisted serabi gold plc shares rose after reporting higher gold output in the third quarter and that it expects to achieve its guidance for the full year canadas sptsx composite index was up 039 at 2051594 while the bluechip sptsx 60 rose by 030 to 122997 shares in serabi gold rose 5 to c125 after it said that higher gold grade and tonnage mined supported gold production rise of 34 in the third quarter compared with a year earlier adding that it remains on track to meet its 2021 guidance alithya group inc shares were up by 23 to c358 at midday after it said it won a contract to accelerate the digitaltransformation agenda of a government ministry in the province of quebec worth 66 million canadian dollars or roughly us53 million