Dec 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened slightly lower on Tuesday in thin trading volumes, hurt by telecom stocks, as investors clocked in for a half-day trading session on Christmas Eve.
At 9:31 a.m. ET (1431 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 30.11 points, or 0.12%, at 24,718.87.
(Reporting by Ragini Mathur in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
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