Toronto stocks were mixed on Friday with gains in resource issues offsetting losses elsewhere. At midday, the S&P/TSX composite index was up 8.41 points, or 0.09%, at 9,414.10 on volume of 80 million shares.

Seven of the TSX 10 main groups were lower, with techs down 1.82%.

Research In Motion Ltd. was off $1.82, or 2%, at $81.33 and Sierra Wireless Inc. fell 5¢ to $9.20 after reporting a smaller-than-expected first-quarter loss after markets closed on Thursday, but forecast second-quarter results would be weaker than analysts expected.

The higher price of gold helped bolster gold miners, a subsector of the materials sector, by 0.44%. Placer Dome Inc. rose 20¢, or 1%, to $18.65 and Iamgold Corp. was up 15¢, or 2%, at $7.45. The materials sector was flat.

Energy issues extended the previous session’s gains, rising 1.29%. First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. advanced 55¢, or 4%, to $14.65 and Husky Energy Inc. was up 71¢, or 2%, at $37.66.

The junior S&P/TSX Venture composite index was up 3.17 points, or 0.18%, at 1,751.25. Volume was 50 million shares.

U.S. stocks were lower one day after the Dow Jones industrial average jumped by its largest amount in two years, and oil prices shot above US$55 a barrel.

At midday, the Dow was down 32.66 points, or 0.32%, at 10,185.94. The S&P 500 Index was down 3.64 points, or 0.31%, at 1,156.31. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index was down 19.74 points, or 1.01%, at 1,942.67.