Aug 13 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened nearlyflat on Tuesday as gains in shares of precious metal miners,lifted by higher prices for safe asset gold, countered losses inenergy companies.
* At 9:33 a.m. ET (13:33 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange'sS&P/TSX composite index was up 7.65 points, or 0.05%,at 16,245.42.(Reporting by Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by SrirajKalluvila)