Nov 27 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat to raise tariff on Chinese imports hit mining shares.
* At 9:38 a.m. ET (1438 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite index .GSPTSE was down 27.62 points, or 0.18 percent, at 14,985.03.
* Seven of the index's 11 major sectors were lower, led by a 0.8 percent slide in the materials sector .GSPTTMT .
* Trump said he expects to raise tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports to 25 percent from 10 percent, and repeated his threat to slap duties on all remaining imports from China, the Wall Street Journal said. The financials sector .SPTTFS slipped 0.2 percent, pressured by a 0.3 percent drop in shares of Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO that reported quarterly earnings below market estimates. On the TSX, 79 issues were higher, while 153 were down for a 1.94-to-1 ratio, with 10.72 million shares traded.
* Top percentage gainer on the TSX was CES Energy Solution Corp CEU.TO , which jumped 4 percent after National Bank of Canada raised rating of the oilfield service provider's shares to "outperform".
* Shares of miner First Quantum Minerals FM.TO fell 4.5 percent; highest drop on the TSX.
* The second-biggest decliner was Canada Goose Holdings Inc GOOS.TO ; down 4.1 percent after a 10 million share secondary offering. The most heavily traded shares by volume were Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO , Aurora Cannabis ACB.TO and Aphria Inc APHA.TO .
* The TSX posted two new 52-week highs and eight new lows.
* Across all Canadian issues, there were four new 52-week highs and 34 new lows, with total volume of 15.84 million shares.