TORONTO, May 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index pared
losses after hitting a one-week low earlier on Thursday as the
materials group rose more than two percent, offsetting declines
in the financial and industrial stocks.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE unofficially closed down 8.69 points, or 0.06 percent,
at 13,817.32. Six of the index's 10 main groups ended lower.