Toronto stocks finished mixed Thursday as gains in energy shares were offset by declines in technology and financial issues. The S&P/TSX composite index shed 13.57 points, or 0.15%, to close at 9,009.14.

Eight of the 10 main TSX groups finished lower. Volume was heavy at 268 million shares,

The energy sector rose 0.63%, as oil prices climbed to their highest level in six weeks. U.S. light crude settled up $1.67 to US$48.04 a barrel.

Suncor Energy shares rose 74¢, or 1.8%, to $41.73, while EnCana climbed 60¢, or 0.87%, to $69.38.

Meanwhile technology stocks fell 1.6% slide and the heavily weighted financial group dipped 0.3%.

Financial issues followed CIBC lower on Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s sale of his 4.9% stake in the bank and his donation of the proceeds to his charitable foundations.

CIBC dropped $1.26, or 1.77%, to $69.91, while Bank of Nova Scotia eased 25¢, or 0.6%, to $39.40.

Among technology issues, Research In Motion fell $4.47, or 4.7%, to $90.31, while Nortel Networks dropped 8¢, or nearly 2%, to $4.08.

The junior S&P/TSX Venture composite index gained 4.74 points, or 0.27%, to 1,784.38.

In New York, markets closed lower as the higher crude oil prices reignited concern about the effect energy prices could have on corporate profits.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 111.95 points, or 1.05%, to 10,505.83, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 21.97 points, or 1.05%, to 2,070.56. The S&P 500 slid 10.25 points, or 0.86%, to 1,177.45.

Wall Street also was unnerved by the latest first-time jobless claims report, which showed a jump of 10,000 claims to 367,000 last week, a three-month high.