TSX opens lower as Trump’s Fed criticism shakes markets

(Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index opened lower on Monday, dragged by losses in energy shares, while U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell raised concerns about the central bank’s independence and exacerbated risk-off sentiment.

At 9:32 a.m. ET (1332 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 0.3% at 24,133.46 points.

(Reporting by Ragini Mathur in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)

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