© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014. Canada’s main stock index was little changed on Monday as weakness in financial and energy shares offset gains in the materials sector.
(Reuters) – Canada’s benchmark stock index opened lower on Monday, weighed down by materials and energy stocks, as commodity prices weakened after top-consumer China set a modest growth target for the year.
At 9:33 a.m. ET (1433 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 17.26 points, or 0.08%, at 20,564.32.