CANADA STOCKS-TSX opens lower ahead of BoC policy decision

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 10/23/24 09:32 AM EDT

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened lower on Wednesday, hurt by mining stocks, ahead of the Bank of Canada's monetary policy decision that is widely expected to result in an oversized interest rate cut.

At 9:31 a.m. ET (13:31 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 72.44 points, or 0.29%, at 24,644.26. (Reporting by Nikhil Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)

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