S&P/TSX composite down more than 200 points as price of gold falls

A man walks past a building in Toronto that used to house the Toronto Stock Exchange on Aug. 18, 2011.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

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TORONTO - Canada's main stock index finished more than 70 points lower, weighed down by the basic materials sector, as U.S. stock markets saw gains.   

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 77.31 points at 30,275.76 as shares in the country's big gold miners moved lower.  

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