(Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened lower on Wednesday, weighed down by falling oil prices and escalating trade tensions between the United States and China, with a potential rate hike by the Bank of Canada also in focus.
* At 9:30 a.m. ET (1330 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite index .GSPTSE was down 96.21 points, or 0.58 percent, at 16,452.51.