Oct 7 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened higher on Wednesday, recovering from its worst day in two weeks in the previous session, helped by gains in the shares of precious metal miners.

* At 9:30 a.m. ET (13:30 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 134.23 points, or 0.83%, at 16,370.36.

(Reporting by Amal S in Bengaluru; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)