TORONTO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index jumped
more than 1 percent shortly after the open, tracking global
equities, as investor appetite for riskier assets returned
following comments from a top U.S. Federal Reserve official that
made a September rate hike seem less likely.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE was up 141.95 points, or 1.06 percent, at 13,523.54.
Consumer staples was the only key group that was in the red,
while energy stocks rallied 3 percent on the heels of higher
crude prices.