India, March 18 -- Despite coming off the day's lows, the Canadian market continues to languish in negative territory Tuesday afternoon and looks set to end the session on a weak note.

Hot inflation data, and worries about tariffs and economic outlook weigh on sentiment.

Technology, real estate, industrials and consumer staples stocks are among the major losers.

The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index is down 82.65 points or 0.33% at 24,702.46, with a little over an hour to go for the closing bell.

Celestica Inc., Storage Vault, Shopify Inc., BlackBerry, Novagold, Onex Corp, Cargojet, Linamar Corporation, Constellation Software, MDA Space and Transcontinental are among the major losers.

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