CANADA STOCKS-Know-how, miners drag TSX on the open

Feb 3 (Reuters) – Canada’s principal inventory index fell on the open on Friday, with decrease treasured steel costs weighing on mining shares, whereas growth-sensitive tech shares fell after a higher-than-expected U.S. jobs quantity sparked fears of additional rate of interest hikes.

At 9:33 a.m. ET (1433 GMT), the Toronto Inventory Trade’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 25.16 factors, or 0.12%, at 20,715.28. (Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)