TSX edges lower as miners, Valeant offset losses

By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index ended barely lower on Tuesday as heavyweight financial and industrial stocks weighed and gold miners benefited from safe-haven demand for precious metals ahead of next week's U.S. election. Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc jumped 30.2 percent to C$31.18 after The Wall Street Journal reported the drugmaker is in talks to sell a stomach-drug business for about $10 billion. Other influential gainers included Barrick