Feb 6 (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index dropped at open on Wednesday, after a slide in oil prices hurt the energy sector and Bank of Canada’s comment that U.S. trade policies were holding back Canadian investments weighed on the sentiment.

* At 9:30 a.m. ET (1430 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX Composite index was down 23.72 points, or 0.15 percent, at 15,678.97. (Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)