TSX dips as investors turn cautious ahead of corporate earnings
TSX ends down 0.4% at 24,723.33
Financials fall 0.6%
Real estate ends 1.2% lower
Canada Goose shares lose 6.7%
Updates at market close
By Fergal Smith
Oct 21 (Reuters) -Canada's main stock index pulled back from a record high on Monday, as financial and real estate stocks lost ground ahead of corporate earnings results and an interest rate decision by the Bank of Canada.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE ended down 99.21 points, or 0.4%, at 24,723.33, after posting an all-time closing high on Friday.
"In Canada, everybody's still waiting to find out about happens with rates," said Michael Sprung, president of Sprung Investment Management. "Up to this point it has been feeding a fare amount of optimism."
Investors are betting that the Canadian central bank will cut its benchmark rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday, which would be the first reduction greater than 25 basis points in 15 years outside of the pandemic era.
U.S. benchmark the S&P 500 also fell as investors awaited earnings from major companies to gauge whether equities will sustain the recent rally.
"People who are hoping for a big fourth quarter in terms of consumer activity etc may be getting a little bit nervous about it," Sprung said.
"Certainly people are going to be looking very, very closely at the financials, particularly the banks, in terms of what direction the provisions for loan losses are taking."
Financials, the Toronto market's most heavily weighted sector, fell 0.6% and real estate was down 1.2% as bond yields climbed.
The Canadian 10-year yield CA10YT=RR was up 10.5 basis points at 3.232%, tracking moves in U.S. Treasuries, as investors priced for a more robust American economy and a less dovish Federal Reserve.
Shares of luxury parka maker Canada Goose Holdings Inc GOOS.TO fell 6.7% after brokerage firm Goldman Sachs downgraded its rating on stock to "sell" from "neutral" ahead of second-quarter results on Nov. 7.
Reporting by Fergal Smith in Toronto and Nikhil Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore and Deepa Babington
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