TSX starts lower as higher bond yields, energy stocks weigh - The Globe and Mail

​Canada’s main stock index fell on Monday, dragged ​down by financials and mining ‌stocks, while investors assessed softer-than-expected domestic inflation data for September ahead of the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision next week. At 11 a.m. ET, the S&P/TSX ⁠Composite Index ​was down 338.59 points, or 0.94 per cent, at 35,837.96. Energy stocks were subdued, with West Texas Intermediate crude prices down nearly 1 per cent. Materials sector, including metal ​miners, down 1.1 per cent on weaker gold ‌and copper prices. Meanwhile, Canada’s consumer price index (CPI) roseby 0.1 per cent in September from August, and 3.1 per cent on a year-on-year basis, driven by higher gasoline and diesel prices. Analysts polled by Reuters ‌had expected ​a 3.