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* TSX up 19.32 points, or 0.14 percent, to 13,548.49
* Six of the TSX's 10 main groups fall
TORONTO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index eked
out slight gains on Monday, helped by a rebound in Valeant
Pharmaceuticals International Inc VRX.TO and by gains in some
heavyweight financial and energy stocks, while a mix of mining
and industrial stocks weighed.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE had fallen sharply to end last week, but by 10:23 a.m.
ET (1523 GMT), the index was up 19.32 points, or 0.14 percent,
to 13,548.49.
Six of the index's 10 main groups were in negative
territory, however, with advancers outnumbering decliners by 123
to 108.
The most influential positive mover on the index was
Valeant, which rose 9.5 percent to C$133.59 after a
short-seller's latest report on the embattled drug company did
not included new allegations.
The materials group, which includes miners, retreated 0.7
percent. Goldcorp Inc G.TO declined 1.7 percent to C$16.44 and
Cameco Corp CCO.TO lost 1.8 percent to C$18.19.
Gold futures GCc1 fell 0.7 percent to $1,133.2 an ounce,
while copper prices declined 0.1 percent to $5,109 a
tonne.
Consumer staples names fell 0.9 percent, with Restaurant
Brands International Inc QSR.TO off 1.5 percent at C$51.70.
Industrials were off 0.3 percent, with Canadian National
Railway CNR.TO down 0.6 percent at C$79.41.
The heavyweight financials group climbed 0.2 percent, with
insurer Manulife Financial Corp MFC.TO advancing 0.8 percent
to C$21.86 and Sun Life Financial Inc SLF.TO up 0.5 percent to
C$44.34.
Energy stocks were up 0.6 percent, as oil prices pared early
losses after weak Chinese economic data and record-high
production in Russia exacerbated the global supply glut.
U.S. crude CLc1 prices were last down 0.1 percent to
$46.56 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 lost 0.4 percent to
$49.38.
Cenovus Energy Inc CVE.TO 2.2 percent to C$19.89 and
Crescent Point Energy Corp CPG.TO gained 2.2 percent to
C$18.22.