Nov 17 (Reuters) - Energy stocks pressured Canada's main stock index on Tuesday, as oil prices fell due to tightening coronavirus-driven restrictions across the world.
* The energy sector .SPTTEN dropped 2.5% and was among the worst performing sectors on the main index, as crude prices fell nearly 1%. O/R
* Several states including New Jersey, California and Iowa imposed fresh restrictions as the pandemic reached its most perilous point yet in the United States. Also weighing down the TSX, the materials sector .GSPTTMT , which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 0.9%.
* At 9:37 a.m. ET (1437 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 113.62 points, or 0.67%, at 16,776.19.
* Locally, data showed Canadian wholesale trade increased by 0.9% in September from August, beating analyst expectations, on higher sales in the food, beverage and tobacco subsector. The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were cancer drug developer Trillium Therapeutics Inc TRIL.TO , which jumped 2.9%, and wellness products maker Jamieson Wellness Inc JWEL.TO , which rose 1.1%.
* On the TSX, 36 issues were higher, while 181 issues declined for a 5.03-to-1 ratio to the downside, with 12.31 million shares traded.
* CAE Inc CAE.TO fell 5.6%, the most on the TSX, after the flight simulators maker acquired Flight Simulation Company BV for 70 million euros ($83.05 million).
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Enbridge Inc ENB.TO , Supreme Cannabis Company Inc FIRE.TO and Suncor Energy Inc SU.TO .
* The TSX posted no new 52-week high and no new low.
* Across all Canadian issues there were 25 new 52-week highs and no new low, with total volume of 25.32 million shares. ($1 = 0.8429 euros)