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Toronto stocks fall at open as materials weigh
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
(Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index opened lower on Tuesday, hurt by losses in materials shares, while investors awaited manufacturing data from the U.S. and Canada hoping for more cues that would bolster bets for an end to interest rate hikes.
At 9:31 a.m. ET (1331 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 103.25 points, or 0.5%, at 20,523.39.
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