June 27 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index edged lower on Thursday, as investors digested conflicting reports of a potential trade truce between the United States and China at a high-stakes meeting of their leaders at the G20 summit this weekend.
* At 9:38 a.m. ET (13:38 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 9.02 points, or 0.06%, at 16,303.2.
* Six of the index's 11 major sectors were lower.
* The energy sector .SPTTEN dropped 0.3% as U.S. CLc1 and Brent crude LCOc1 prices slipped 0.2% per barrel. O/R
* The materials sector .GSPTTMT , which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 0.7% after gold futures GCc1 declined 0.7% to $1,401.7 an ounce. GOL/ MET/L
* The heavyweight financials sector .SPTTFS gained 0.1% and the industrials sector .GSPTTIN rose 0.3%.
* On the TSX, 137 issues were higher, while 88 issues declined for a 1.56-to-1 ratio favoring gainers, with 10.82 million shares traded.
* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were Air Canada AC.TO , which jumped 3.1% after tour operator Transat AT Inc TRZ.TO accepted the airline's all-cash offer of C$520 million ($396 million) over a higher rival bid. Transat slipped 7.3%. Empire Co EMPa.TO rose 2.8% after the food retail and distribution company reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit.
* BlackBerry Ltd BB.TO fell 3.3%, the most on the TSX, a day after reporting lower-than-expected sales for its biggest business that led brokerages to cut their price targets.
* The second-biggest decliner was Alacer Gold Corp ASR.TO , down 2.2%.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO , Prometic Life Sciences Inc PLI.TO and Royal Nickel RNX.TO .
* The TSX posted no new 52-week high and one new low.
* Across all Canadian issues there were four new 52-week highs and four new lows, with total volume of 20.43 million shares.