* TSX ends down 1.1% at 34,801.54
* Tech and metal mining stocks lead declines
* Energy adds 1.2% as oil settles 2.4% higher
(Updates at market close)
By Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Fergal Smith
June 3 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index pulled back
on Wednesday from a record high as tensions in the Middle East
rose, with technology and metal-mining shares leading the
declines.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite Index
ended down 367.92 points, or 1.1%, at 34,801.54, after
notching a record closing high on Tuesday.
* Wall Street stocks also pulled back from record highs
as the U.S. and Iran traded a new round of air strikes, the
latest test of a shaky ceasefire.
* "It's a tail risk and markets are pricing it as a tail
risk," said Josh Sheluk, portfolio manager at Verecan Capital
Management. "If markets thought escalation was the highest
probability outcome, then they'd probably be a lot lower right
now."
* Investors worry that elevated oil prices due to the
conflict will raise inflation pressures globally. The price of
oil settled 2.4% higher at $96.02 a barrel.
* Adding to global economic headwinds, the Trump
administration has proposed new tariffs of up to 12.5% on
imports from 60 economies after determining they had failed to
curb trade in goods made with forced labor, an assertion that
was rejected by U.S. trading partners.
* Technology shares fell 3.5%, with shares of
Constellation Software Inc ( CNSWF ) down 4.7%.
* Shopify Inc ( SHOP ) said on Tuesday its board had
approved an additional $3 billion share buyback program. Shares
of the e-commerce company ended 3% lower.
* The materials group, which includes
metal-mining shares, was down 3.2% as gold and copper
prices fell.
* Heavily weighted financials lost 0.6% and
industrials ended 0.7% lower.
* Four of the 10 major sectors ended higher, including
energy and consumer staples, which added
1.2% and 1.5% respectively.