Toronto shares open lower as commodity stocks drag

April 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell at the open on Wednesday as miners and oil companies tracked commodity prices lower on growing bets of U.S. interest rate hikes.

At 9:30 a.m. ET (1330 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index (.GSPTSE) was down 77.49 points, or 0.37%, at 20,607.19.

Reporting by Shristi Achar A in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber

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