TORONTO, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index
plunged more than 5 percent minutes after the open on Monday,
tracking a global rout following a nearly 9 percent dive in
Chinese stocks that also sent commodity prices plunging.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE sank 720.45 points, or 5.35 percent, to 12,753.22, its
biggest decline since the financial crisis in 2009.
All 10 of the index's main sectors were down at least 3
percent or more, with the heavily weighted energy stocks sinking
5.2 percent and financials diving 4.4 percent.