 tsx ends down 8545 points or 04 at 2168308 toronto nov 15 reuters  canada’s main stock index fell on monday as investors took measure of recent gains ahead of domestic data this week that could provide clues on the persistence of inflation the toronto stock exchange’s sptsx composite index ended down 8545 points or 04 at 2168308 on friday the tsx posted a record closing high of 2176853 “i just think people are taking a bit of a breather here” said michael sprung president at sprung investment management “investors are beginning to worry that inflation is not going to be as temporary or as low as originally had been hoped” canadas inflation report for october is due on wednesday in september inflation here climbed to an 18year high of 44 while inflation risks have increased  driven by pandemicinduced demand shifts supply disruptions and higher energy prices  the bank of canada continues to view the recent dynamics as transitory governor tiff macklem said in a newspaper opinion piece still money markets are betting that the central bank will hike interest rates here as many as five times next year wall street indexes closed out the session near the unchanged mark as rising treasury yields dented the appetite for technology stocks on the tsx the technology group fell 08 and financial services ended 05 lower financials account for about 30 of the toronto market’s value industrials were down 09 while the materials group which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies lost 04 among stocks burger kingparent restaurant brands international inc gained 19 the company said it would buy us restaurant chain firehouse subs for 1 billion in an allcash deal pot producer trulieve cannabis corp surged to its highest level since july 2021 after it reported a 644 jump in quarterly revenue but gave back much of its gains reporting by fergal smith additional reporting by shashank nayar in bengaluru editing by peter cooney