Canada Stocks: TSX futures up on higher oil prices

Invesque

16/05/2019 12:24

May 16 (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening
for Canada's main stock index on Thursday, boosted by rising oil
prices.
    Oil prices went up for the third straight day as fears of
supply disruption amid heightened tensions in the Middle East
overshadowed swelling U.S. crude inventories.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N22S0R4  
    June futures on the S&P/TSX index  SXFc1  were up 0.31% at
7:00 a.m. ET.
    March manufacturing sales data is due to be released at 8:30
a.m. ET. 
    The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX  .GSPTSE  rose 33.61
points, or 0.21%, to 16,318.14 on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N22R8GU
    Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures  1YMc1  were up
0.36% at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures  ESc1  were
up 0.40% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures  NQc1  were up 0.41%.
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    TOP STORIES  TOP/CAN 
    The head of Europe's Airbus  AIR.PA  said it was too early
to talk about acquiring a Belfast factory placed on sale by
Canada's Bombardier  BBDb.TO .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N22S3AK
    
    
    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Boyd Group Income Fund  BYD_u.TO : CIBC raises target price
to C$187 from C$161
    Yellow Pages Ltd  Y.TO : RBC raises target price to C$10
from C$9
    Invesque Inc  IVQu.TO : Canaccord Genuity cuts target price
to $7.50 from $8
    
    
    COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1,294.3; -0.27%  GOL/ 
    US crude  CLc1 : $62.69; +1.08%  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $72.35; +0.81%  O/R 
    
    
    U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
    0830 Building permits number for April: Expected 1.290 mln;
Prior 1.288 mln 
    0830 Build permits change mm for April: Prior -0.2%
    0830 Housing starts number for April: Expected 1.205 mln;
Prior 1.139 mln
    0830 House starts mm change for April: Prior -0.3%
    0830 Initial jobless claims: Expected 220,000; Prior 228,000
    0830 Jobless claims 4-week average: Prior 220,250
    0830 Continued jobless claims: Expected 1.680 mln; Prior
1.684 mln
    0830 (approx.) Philly Fed Business Index for May: Expected
9.0; Prior 8.5
    0830 (approx.) Philly Fed 6M Index for May: Prior 19.10
    0830 (approx.) Philly Fed Capex Index for May: Prior 30.90
    0830 (approx.) Philly Fed Employment for May: Prior 14.70
    0830 (approx.) Philly Fed Prices Paid for May: Prior 21.60
    0830 (approx.) Philly Fed New Orders for May: Prior 15.70

    
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 (Reporting by Hrithik Kiran Bagade in Bengaluru; Editing by
Arun Koyyur)
 ((hrithik.bagade@thomsonreuters.com))