India, Oct. 5 -- Canada Stock Market (TSX) Today (October 05): The Canadian stock market started the new week on a cautious note as investors balanced a major oil-sands deal against weaker energy prices and fresh signs of pressure in the domestic economy. The S&P/TSX Composite gave back part of Friday's strong rally, with energy stocks weighing on the benchmark while technology and materials shares provided some support.

The S&P/TSX Composite was around 35,439.82, down 62.83 points or 0.18%, according to the market data provided for Monday's session. The index had closed at 35,502.65 on Friday after gaining nearly 1%.

The biggest corporate development was Cenovus Energy's C$5.7 billion acquisition of Athabasca Oil, a deal that will expa...