Canada Stocks: TSX futures up as trade optimism lifts oil

Park Lawn

05/11/2019 12:42

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index futures rose
slightly on Tuesday, as crude prices gained on hopes of a trade
deal between the United States and China. 
    December futures on the S&P/TSX index  SXFc1  edged up 0.02%
at 7:00 a.m. ET.
    Canada's trade balance data is due at 8:30 a.m. ET.
    The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
 .GSPTSE  closed up 0.47% at 16,672.25 on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N27K6M7
    Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures  1YMc1  were up
0.25% at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures  ESc1  rose
0.2% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures  NQc1  gained 0.28%.  .N 
    
     
    TOP STORIES  TOP/CAN 
    Fertilizer maker Nutrien  NTR.TO  missed third-quarter
profit estimates and cut its full-year earnings forecast, as it
battled lower demand for its crop nutrients.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N27K4CP

    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Cargojet Inc  CJT.TO : RBC cuts price target to C$126 from
C$136
    Gibson Energy Inc  GEI.TO : CIBC upgrades to "outperformer"
from "neutral"
    Park Lawn Corp  PLC.TO : CIBC cuts rating to "neutral" from
"outperformer"
    
    COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1505.1; -0.4%  GOL/ 
    US crude  CLc1 : $56.84; +0.53%  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $62.58; +0.72%  O/R 
    
    U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
    0830 International trade balance for Sep: Expected $52.5
bln; Prior $54.9 bln
    0830 Goods trade balance (R) for Sep: Prior $70.39 bln
    0945 Markit Composite Final PMI for Oct: Prior 51.2
    0945 Markit Services PMI Final for Oct: Prior 51.0
    1000 ISM N-Manufacturing PMI for Oct: Expected 53.5; Prior
52.6
    1000 ISM N-Manufacturing Business Activity for Oct: Expected
55.0; Prior 55.2
    1000 ISM N-Manufacturing Employment Index for Oct: Prior
50.4
    1000 ISM N-Manufacturing New Orders Index for Oct: Prior
53.7
    1000 ISM N-Manufacturing Price Paid Index for Oct: Prior
60.0
    1000 JOLTS job openings for Sep: Expected 7.028 mln; Prior
7.051 mln
    
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    Canadian dollar and bonds report  CAD/   CA/ 
    Reuters global stocks poll for Canada  EQUITYPOLL1 
 EPOLL/CA 
    Canadian markets directory  CANADA 
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 (Reporting by Lisa Pauline Mattackal in Bengaluru)
 ((Lisapauline.mattackal@thomsonreuters.com; +918067499014))