Canada’s stock market cooled slightly by early afternoon on Monday, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index drifting just below record territory as investors turned their focus squarely to this week’s central‑bank decisions in Canada and the United States. By late morning, around 12:40 p.m. ET, the S&P/TSX Composite was down about 44 points, trading near 31,268, as losses in telecom, utilities and energy weighed on the benchmark, while U.S. markets were also modestly lower. CityNews Halifax That pullback leaves the index only a short distance from last week’s record close around 31,542, after a year in which Canadian equities have delivered roughly 25–27% total returns, putting