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* TSX down 1.42 points, or 0.01 percent, at 15,453.50
* Six of the TSX's 10 main groups were higher
TORONTO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was flat on Friday but on track for a 1.9 percent gain on the week as financial stocks pushed higher and a bid for bullion on rising tension between North Korea and the United States boosted gold miners.
The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.2 percent, while the financials group also gained 0.2 percent.
Kirkland Lake Gold KL.TO rose 1.2 percent to C$16.31 after National Bank of Canada started coverage on the stock with an outperform rating. Tahoe Resources THO.TO gained 2.8 percent to C$7.09 after the miner increased its 2017 gold production outlook and cut its spending plans.
Gold prices recovered from a four-week low on a bid for safety as North Korea said it might test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the reclusive country. 10:15 a.m. ET (1415 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 1.42 points, or 0.01 percent, at 15,453.50, with six of its 10 main groups lower. It closed at its highest level since early June on Thursday.
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO added 0.5 percent to C$79.30 while finance company ECN Capital Corp ECN.TO jumped 4.5 percent to C$3.94 after closing a deal to acquire Service Finance Holdings and as Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) raised its view on the stock to "outperform" from "neutral".
Air Canada AC.TO pushed 2.5 percent higher to C$27.06 as investors bought into its plan to expand routes and cut some prices to compete against low-cost new entrants.