toronto stocks edged higher in midday trading friday as retail spending data spurred us stocks higher canadas sptsx composite index rose 043 to 1840810 and the bluechip sptsx 60 rose 048 to 111774 torontolisted shares of karora resources inc rose about 4 to c278 after the mineral resource company received approval to buy back about 85 million shares set to expire no later than july 19 2023 the buyback accounts for about 5 of currently issued and outstanding shares shares of conifex timber inc edged 053 to c189 higher despite the companys announcement friday that there is a delay in operations due to the damage at a mackenzie british columbia plant the company also said it plans to announce its secondquarter earnings on aug 9 and confirmed its guidance