toronto stocks continued their rise midday trading wednesday in step with global markets the sptsx composite index was 15110 points higher pushed up by most sectors posting gains in the session health tech tech services and process industries were the main gainers while energy was the only laggard according to factset orea mining corp shares were higher after it said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire nord gold plcs 5501 interest in a joint venture company in french guiana at midday canadas sptsx composite index was up 077 at 1959385 and the bluechip sptsx 60 rose by 075 to 118258 shares in orea mining corp jumped 15 to c002 after it said the definitive agreement to acquire the majority interest in the montagne dor project for c100 million us732 million originally announced in august was signed with the approval of the french treasury which oversees matters related to russian sanctions canadian imperial bank of commerce said it plans to appeal a new york court ruling finding the bank liable for damages expected to total about 848 million in a lawsuit brought by a special purpose vehicle controlled by cerberus capital management lp shares were up 13 at c5614 enbridge inc said that it plans to buy back up to c15 billion worth of its public float over the course of a oneyear period shares were up 09 at c5883