TSX follows gold miners to higher open

Thu Oct 29, 9:37 AM
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index shot higher at the open on Thursday, after a string of lower closes, as a rise in commodity prices helped boost shares of Barrick Gold and its gold-mining peers.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index shot higher at the open on Thursday, after a string of lower closes, as a rise in commodity prices helped boost shares of Barrick Gold and its gold-mining peers.

The S&P/TSX composite index rose 115.87 points, or 1.07 percent, to 10,921.20 at the open.

(Reporting by Frank Pingue; editing by Peter Galloway)