A share rally that has lifted stocks to record levels in recent days lost momentum on Friday, weighed down by renewed uncertainty over China's property sector and as markets paused for breath ahead of U.S. jobs data due later in the day.
Canada's run of monthly blockbuster job gains ended in October, as the economy added fewer jobs than expected, though the jobless rate hit a 20-month low and hours worked edged closer to their pre-pandemic levels, data showed on Friday.
U.S. bond funds saw massive inflows in the week to Nov. 3 as investors reassessed expectations of quicker interest rate hikes ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting, after short-term Treasury yields surged to multi-month peaks.
Share markets firmed on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve engineered an orderly start to unwinding its massive stimulus programme, though doubts about the inflation outlook did push up longer-dated bond yields.
Gold prices held near their weakest level since mid-October on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced tapering of its pandemic-era stimulus measures in a widely expected move.