May 21 (Reuters) - Precious metal miners led the declines on Canada's main stock index on Tuesday, as gold prices dropped to a more than two-week low.
* At 9:37 a.m. ET (13:37 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 46.99 points, or 0.29%, at 16,354.76.
* Global stocks rose and Wall Street opened higher as technology shares rebounded after Washington temporarily eased trade restrictions imposed last week on China's Huawei. MKTS/GLOB
* The materials sector .GSPTTMT , which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 1.4%, the most among 11 major sectors.
* Spot gold XAU= was down 0.5% at $1,270.71 an ounce as the dollar strengthened and improved risk appetite took the sheen off bullion. GOL/ MET/L
* The energy sector .SPTTEN fell 0.4% even as U.S. crude CLc1 prices were down 0.3% a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 added 0.1%. O/R
* The heavyweight financials sector .SPTTFS slipped 0.2%, while the industrials sector .GSPTTIN fell 0.3%.
* On the TSX, 87 issues were higher, while 141 issues declined for a 1.62-to-1 ratio, with 17.03 million shares traded.
* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were Premium Brands Holdings PBH.TO , which jumped 5.8% after the processed food company received a private placement from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for gross proceeds of C$200 million. Second biggest gainer was Dollarama Inc DOL.TO , up 3.1%, after Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) raised rating on the discount chain's shares to "outperform" from "market perform".
* First Quantum Minerals FM.TO fell 5.4%, the most on the TSX. The second biggest decliner was Eldorado Gold ELD.TO , down 4.6%.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Sun Life Finl SLF.TO , Avalon Advanced Materials Inc AVL.TO and Aurora Cannabis ACB.TO .
* The TSX posted seven new 52-week highs and four new lows.
* Across all Canadian issues there were 18 new 52-week highs and eight new lows, with total volume of 27.87 million shares.