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Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index inched lower on Friday, dragged down by stocks of cannabis companies and a dismal wholesale trade data, while further losses were capped by strength in financial stocks. The healthcare sector shed 1.7%, as cannabis companies including Aphria Inc, Cronos Group, and Hexo Corp fell over 1% in early trade. Statistics Canada data showed that the domestic wholesale trade fell by 1.3% in December from November. The financials sector gained 0.7%, led by the largest percentage gainers on the index, CI Financial Corp and iA Financial Corporation Inc, which jumped 6.8% and 4.1% respectively.