* TSX up 17.67 points, or 0.11 percent, to 16,109.87
* Six of the TSX's 10 main groups were up
TORONTO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Broad gains led by Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX) International lifted Canada's benchmark stock index to a record high on Tuesday, breaching the previous record set last week.
At 10:44 a.m. ET (1544 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE rose 17.7 points, or 0.11 percent, to 16,109.90. This was higher than the previous record of 16,105.88, and the TSX touched as high as 16,128.27 in morning trading.
Six of the 10 main sectors on the index advanced.
Valeant VRX.TO soared 16.3 percent to C$17.95 after it reported a forecast-beating quarterly profit on the strength of its Bausch and Lomb eye-care business. Healthcare stocks leaped 3.9 percent. Energy SU.TO , which advanced 0.9 percent to C$45.775, gave the index one of its biggest lifts.
Still, energy stocks as a whole retreated 0.2 percent after Monday's 2.5 percent rally. The move was in tandem with crude oil prices that dipped following the previous session's 3 percent surge.
The financial services sector, which accounts for about a third of the index's weight, gained 0.1 percent, with individual stocks inching modestly higher.
Industrials rose 0.3 percent, with Finning International Inc FTT.TO advancing 3.1 percent to C$32.48 after it reported third quarter results that surpassed expectations. and other resource companies, which form the materials group, gave back some of Monday's sharp gains, slipping 0.4 percent. A stronger U.S. dollar put some pressure on metal prices, including nickel and gold, and weighed on the sector.
Tahoe Resources Inc THO.TO tumbled 9.4 percent to C$5.57 after the company reported a quarterly loss, with some investors remaining concerned about the uncertainty around its growth plans and its Escobal mine. issues outnumbered advancing ones on the TSX by 128 to 118, for a 1.08-to-1 ratio on the downside.
The index was posting 11 new 52-week highs and 1 new lows.