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TSX ends lower as resource stocks fall

Published December 16, 2014 Updated December 16, 2014 04:06am

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index fell on Monday, weakening further after a 5 percent-plus drop last week despite a surge in takeover target Talisman Energy Inc shares as the broader resource-extraction industries weighed.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially ended down 25.91 points, or 0.19 percent, at 13,705.14. Nineteen of the 20 heaviest weights were energy or mining stocks.

Copyright Reuters, 2014