Canada Stocks: Futures little changed ahead of employment data

Geodrill

08/11/2019 12:21

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Stock futures for Canada's main stock
index were little changed on Friday, ahead of key employment
data due later in the day.
    December futures on the S&P/TSX index  SXFc1  were up 0.07%
at 7:00 a.m. ET.
    Employment data for October and building permits data for
September are due at 8:30 a.m. ET. 
    The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
 .GSPTSE  closed 0.36% higher at 16,805.75 on
Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N27NADA
    Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures  1YMc1  were
down 0.01% at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures  ESc1 
were down 0.06% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures  NQc1  were down
0.12%.  .N   
    
    
    TOP STORIES  TOP/CAN 
    Auto parts maker Magna International Inc  MG.TO  cut its
full-year financial outlook after quarterly sales missed
estimates due to a fall in global automobile production and a
labor strike at General Motors Co  GM.N , its biggest customer.
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    TC Energy Corp  TRP.TO  estimates the Keystone oil pipeline
can be partially restarted anytime from Sunday to Tuesday,
pending regulatory approval, after a more than 9,000-barrel leak
in rural North Dakota, shippers on the line said on Thursday.
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    Geodrill Ltd  GEO.TO  said on Thursday two of its employees
were killed after an ambush near a Canadian-owned mine in
Burkina Faso killed at least 37.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N27N5BF
    
    
    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Altagas Canada Inc  ACI.TO : CIBC cuts to neutral from
outperformer
    Canadian Tire Corp Ltd  CTCa.TO : Scotiabank raises target
price to C$164 from C$154
    Medical Facilities Corp  DR.TO : RBC cuts to underperform
from sector perform
    
    
    COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1,462.1; -0.29%  GOL/ 
    US crude  CLc1 : $56.29; -1.5%  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $61.28; -1.62%  O/R 
    
    
    U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON FRIDAY
    1000 U Mich Sentiment Preliminary for Nov: Expected 95.9;
Prior 95.5
    1000 U Mich Conditions Preliminary for Nov: Expected 112.5;
Prior 113.2
    1000 U Mich Expectations Preliminary for Nov: Expected 84.9;
Prior 84.2
    1000 (approx.) U Mich 1 year inflation preliminary for Nov:
Prior 2.5%
    1000 (approx.) U Mich 5-year inflation preliminary for Nov:
Prior 2.3%
    1000 Wholesale inventory, R mm for Sep: Expected -0.3%;
Prior -0.3%
    1000 Wholesale sales mm for Sep: Expected 0.1%; Prior 0.0%
    
    
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 (Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by
Sriraj Kalluvila)
 ((Samrhitha.A@thomsonreuters.com))