torontolisted stocks were firmly lower on tuesday at midday inflation in canada surprised analysts heating up to 44 in april beating analyst expectation of a slighter rise to 42 aprils rise represents the first acceleration since last summer thanks to higher rent prices and mortgageinterest costs canadian financials materials and consumer durables were among the top decliners while tech was the only sector to post any meaningful gains canadas sptsx composite index was down 117 to 2029981 midtrading while the bluechip sptsx 60 fell 112 to 122550 iamgold shares were down 58 at 408 canadian dollars 303 after the miner said it entered into a second lien secured term loan of five years for 400 million to bolster its balance sheet as it builds its cote gold project in northeastern ontario e automotive shares were down 35 at c330 after the automotive digital auction platform said it picked may 24 as its final day as a publicly traded company first capital real estate investment trust on tuesday said it plans to renew its share repurchase program and buy back up to 10 of its trust units over the course of a oneyear period shares slipped 16 lower at c1512