Oct 13 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday after a long weekend, dragged by materials sector that shed 2.2% on weaker bullion and copper prices.
* The materials sector .GSPTTMT , which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 2.2% as gold futures GCc1 fell 1.3% to $1,896.7 an ounce. GOL/
* At 9:47 a.m. ET (13:47 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 60.73 points, or 0.37%, at 16,502.08.
* Miners Seabridge Gold Inc SEA.TO , which fell 6.1%, and Dundee Precious Metals Inc DPM.TO , down 5.2%, were the biggest TSX decliners.
* The energy sector .SPTTEN dropped 0.2% despite U.S. crude CLc1 prices rising 1.7% a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 added 1.3%. O/R
* On the TSX, 89 issues were higher, while 132 issues declined in a 1.48-to-1 ratio to the downside, with 24.79 million shares traded.
* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were pot producer Aphria Inc APHA.TO , which jumped 6.4%, and BlackBerry Ltd BB.TO , which rose 5.5%.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TO , Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO , and Aphria Inc APHA.TO .
* The TSX posted eight new 52-week highs and no new lows.
* Across all Canadian issues, there were 46 new 52-week highs and four new lows, with total volume of 50.99 million shares.