TSX opens lower ahead of BoC decision

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(Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index fell at the open on Wednesday, with industrial and consumer discretionary stocks pulling the benchmark lower while investors awaited the Bank of Canada’s monetary policy decision later in the day.

At 9:31 a.m. ET (1431 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 143.04 points, or 0.69%, at 20,486.51.