TSX gains as investors shrug off U.S. shutdown

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index was marginally higher on Tuesday as the market largely shrugged off a partial shutdown of the U.S. government, though many of the index’s biggest mining stocks fell. Investors are getting wise to Washington politics and do not expect the shutdown, which could put up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, to last too long, said Keith Richards, portfolio manager and technical analyst at ValueTrend Wealth Management in Barrie, Ontario. If the shutdown were prolonged, it might encourage the U.S. …