Sept 1 (Reuters) – Canada’s fundamental inventory index opened decrease on Thursday as crude oil and gold costs prolonged their current falls amid considerations of a slowdown in financial progress.

At 9:40 a.m. ET (1340 GMT), the Toronto Inventory Alternate’s S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 184.53 factors, or 0.95%, at 19,146.28.

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