A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014.
ET (1417 GMT) on Tuesday, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index (.GSPTSE) was down 84.12 points, or 0.41%, at 20,542.52.
Data showed Canada's manufacturing sector contracted for the third straight month in July as an uncertain economic outlook held back new orders, offsetting a pickup in production.
Lower oil prices dragged the energy sector (.SPTTEN) down 0.7%.
In the neighboring U.S., manufacturing appeared to stabilize at weaker levels in July, data showed, amid a gradual improvement in new orders.
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