Canada Stocks: TSX futures fall after Trump hints at delay in U.S.-China trade deal

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03/12/2019 12:27

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index futures fell on
Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had no
deadline for reaching a trade agreement with China, adding it
could come after the U.S. presidential election in November
2020.
    December futures on the S&P/TSX index  SXFc1  were down
0.38% at 7:15 a.m. ET.
    The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index closed
down 0.34% at 16,981.47 on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N28C03L
    Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures  1YMc1  were
down 0.37% at 7:15 a.m. ET, S&P 500 e-mini futures  ESc1  0.28%
and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures  NQc1  0.39%.  .N 
    
     
    TOP STORIES  TOP/CAN 
    Bank of Montreal  BMO.TO  beat Wall Street estimates for
quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by strength in its domestic
personal and commercial banking unit.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28D2HD
    British gold miner Centamin Plc  CEY.L  on Tuesday rejected
a 1.47 billion pound ($1.89 billion) all-stock takeover proposal
from Canada's Endeavour Mining Corp  EDV.TO , saying it did not
offer enough value to Centamin shareholders.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28D1U1
    Private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group Inc's unsolicited
bid for Hudson's Bay Co  HBC.TO  is not "superior" to an agreed
upon deal with a consortium led by its executive chairman, the
Canadian retailer's special committee said on Monday.
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    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Continental Gold Inc  CNL.TO : BMO cuts target price to
C$5.5 from C$8.5
    Roots Corp  ROOT.TO : BMO cuts target price to C$3 from C$4
    Semafo Inc  SMF.TO : Scotiabank cuts target price to C$5
from C$6.50
    
    
    COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1472.2; +0.4%  GOL/ 
    US crude  CLc1 : $56.01; +0.09%  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $60.94; +0.03%  O/R 
   
    
    U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
    0945 ISM-New York Index for Nov: Prior 874.3
    0945 ISM New York Business Conditions for Nov: Prior 47.7
    
    
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 (Reporting by Siddharth Athreya V; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
 ((Siddharth.athreyav@thomsonreuters.com))