April 5 (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index opened
higher on Friday, boosted by technology stocks, after a softer
employment numbers at home strengthened hopes of a June rate cut
by the Bank of Canada while investors also assessed a hot jobs
data report in the United States.
At 9:33 a.m. ET (1333 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s
S&P/TSX composite index was up 56.42 points, or 0.26%
at 22,110.05.
(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Ravi
Prakash Kumar)


