TORONTO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Canada's benchmark stock index
dropped slightly on Friday as mining stocks weakened and Valeant
Pharmaceuticals International Inc VRX.TO shed more than 6
percent, while energy stocks firmed despite a drop in crude oil
prices.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE unofficially closed 2.76 points lower, or down 0.02
percent, at 12,445.45. Just four of the index's 10 main groups
were in negative territory.