The Art Deco facade of the original Toronto Stock Exchange building is seen on Bay Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Canada's main stock index slipped on Monday, as investors digested a local inflation print, while caution swept across markets ahead of Nvidia's results and the resumption of U.S. government data releases.

At 9:30 a.m. ET, Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index was down 0.16% at 30,278.39 points.

(Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru; Editing by Shreya Biswas)