Canada Stocks: TSX futures inch higher as gold prices rise

Heroux Devtek

27/05/2019 12:24

May 27 (Reuters) - Stock futures for Canada's main stock
index inched higher on Monday, as gold hit a more than one-week
peak on concerns over the U.S.-China trade dispute.
    Spot gold  XAU=  was last up 0.13% at $1,286.30 per ounce by
7:00 a.m. ET. The metal touched $1,287.32 earlier in the
session, its highest since May 17.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N233224
    June futures on the S&P/TSX index  SXFc1  were up 0.13% at
7:00 a.m. ET.
    The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX  .GSPTSE  rose 65.43
points, or 0.40%, to 16,230.04 on Friday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N23052V

        
    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Heroux Devtek Inc  HRX.TO : RBC raises target price to C$21
from C$20
    Toronto-Dominion Bank  TD.TO : BMO raises target price to
C$85 from C$82
    Prairiesky Royalty Ltd  PSK.TO : Raymond James raises target
price to C$20.50 from C$20
    
    COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1285.5; +0.15%  GOL/ 
    US crude  CLc1 : $58.49; -0.24%  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $69.02; +0.48%  O/R 

       
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    ($1 = C$1.34)

 (Reporting by Yoganand KN in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu
Sahu)
 ((Yoganand.kn@thomsonreuters.com))