Jan 15 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened down on Monday, hurt by losses in energy shares tracking oil prices lower, while investors awaited the domestic inflation report later in the week for more clues on Bank of Canada's interest rate path.

At 9:30 a.m. ET (14:30 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 25.92 points, or 0.12%, at 20,964.3. (Reporting by Shubham Batra in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Porter)