Canada Stocks: Futures flat, index set to snap four-day winning streak
21/12/2016 12:38
Dec 21 (Reuters) - Canadian stock futures were lower on
Wednesday, indicating the market was set to snap a four-day
winning streak.
March futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.06
percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
No major data is scheduled for release.
Canada's main stock index rose on Tuesday, led by financial
stocks and materials producers, including precious and base
metal miners and fertilizer companies. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1EF1JV
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up
0.02 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures
ESc1 were down 0.07 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures
NQc1 were down 0.06 percent. .N
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TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Indian telecommunications carrier Reliance Communications
Ltd RLCM.NS said it had signed a binding pact with Canada's
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP BIP.N for selling a
stake in its mobile phone tower business. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1EG2HC
Two environmental groups on Tuesday filed for a judicial
review of the Canadian government's decision to approve Kinder
Morgan Inc's KMI.N Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the
first legal challenge to the project since it received the green
light last month. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1EF16Z
ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Amaya Inc AYA.TO : Canaccord Genuity cuts target price to
C$28 from C$42
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc SNC.TO : Canaccord Genuity raises
target price to C$67 from C$53
COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1,136.2; -0.37 pct GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $53.62; +0.58 pct O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $55.66; +0.58 pct O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $5,528.50; +0.48 pct MET/L
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON WEDNESDAY
1000 Existing home sales for Nov: Expected 5.50 mln; Prior
5.60 mln
1000 Existing home sales percentage change for Nov: Expected
-1.0 pct; Prior +2.0 pct
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