Oct 31 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened

higher on Friday with technology shares leading gains following

strong U.S. big tech earnings, while investors monitored talks

between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi

Jinping who pledged stronger bilateral ties.

At 9:30 a.m. ET (1330 GMT), Toronto's S&P/TSX composite

index was up 0.3% at 30,279.93 points.