(Reuters) - Futures for Canada's resource-heavy main stock index fell on Tuesday as crude prices declined over easing concerns about a supply disruption in the Middle East, while fading optimism about China's stimulus weighed on metal prices.

December futures on the S&P/TSX index were down 0.4% at 6:01 a.m. ET (10:01 GMT).

Canada's energy sector could come under pressure due to a decline in oil prices as markets still await an Israeli response to the Iranian rocket attacks that had triggered a rally in crude last week.

The materials sector is under focus due to gold prices slipped against a stronger dollar, while copper prices hit a two-week low as Chinese officials held back on unleashing more stimulus to boost the economy of the world's largest commodity consumer.

Meanwhile, investors awaited U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures and Canada's unemployment data, due later in the week, to help re-calibrate bets for interest rate cuts in both the countries.

Markets see a 90.7% chance of a 25-basis points cut at the Federal Reserve's November policy meeting, while expectations for a quarter-point-cut by the Bank of Canada later in the month stand at 72.8%.

The composite index ended lower on Monday on diminished expectations of a larger cut by the Fed in November.

In corporate news, online jewelry brand Mene named Sean Try as its chief financial officer, effective immediately, following Gavin Johnson's resignation.

COMMODITIES

Gold: $2,641.5; -0.08%

US crude: $75.69; -1.9%

Brent crude: $79.47; -1.8%

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(Reporting by Nikhil Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)