Jan 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened

higher on Friday, boosted by information technology stocks,

while investors await next week's domestic economic data and

policy changes from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump after he

takes office.

At 9:31 a.m. ET (1431 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's

S&P/TSX composite index was up 0.35% at 24932.49.