CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as M&A deals worry investors
December 17, 2012 at 16:59 PM EST
* TSX ends down 15.37 points, or 0.12 percent, at 12,281.35 * 3 biggest weights are companies buying or selling assets * Index's fall bucks rising U.S. optimism By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index slipped on Monday as investors backed away from several companies involved in major transactions and failed to catch the "fiscal cliff" optimism that cheered U.S. stock markets. Sun Life Financial Inc fell 3.9 percent to C$26.74 after saying it w
