Canada Stocks: TSX futures point to flat opening

Roots

13/08/2019 12:27

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index
were little changed on Tuesday, as gains in gold prices were
countered by lower oil. 
    September futures on the S&P/TSX index  SXFc1  were up 0.04%
at 7:15 a.m. ET.
    The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index  .GSPTSE 
closed down 103.57 points, or 0.63%, at 16,237.77 on Monday.
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    Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures  1YMc1  were
down 0.11% at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures  ESc1 
were down 0.09% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures  NQc1  were down
0.12%.  .N 
    
     
    TOP STORIES  TOP/CAN 
    Asset manager Brookfield Business Partners LP  BBU_u.TO 
said it would buy 57% in Genworth Financial Inc's  GNW.N 
Canadian mortgage insurance unit for about C$2.4 billion.
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    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Emera Inc  EMA.TO : National Bank of Canada raises target
price to C$54 from C$52
    Laurentian Bank of Canada  LB.TO : CIBC raises to neutral
from underperformer
    Roots Corp  ROOT.TO : National Bank of Canada cuts rating to
sector perform from outperform
    
    
    COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1526.4; +1.24 percent  GOL/ 
    US crude  CLc1 : $54.82; -0.2 percent  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $58.5; -0.12 percent  O/R     
    
    
    U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
    0830 Core CPI mm, SA for Jul: Expected 0.2%; Prior 0.3%
    0830 Core CPI yy, NSA for Jul: Expected 2.1%; Prior 2.1%
    0830 CPI Index, NSA for Jul: Expected 256.442; Prior 256.143
    0830 Core CPI Index, SA for Jul: Prior 262.80
    0830 CPI mm, SA for Jul: Expected 0.3%; Prior 0.1%
    0830 CPI yy, NSA for Jul: Expected 1.7%; Prior 1.6%
    0830 Real weekly earnings mm for Jul: Prior 0.2%
    0830 CPI mm NSA for Jul: Prior 0.020%
    0830 (approx.) CPI Index  SA for Jul: Prior 255.300
    1100 (approx.) Cleveland fed CPI for Jul: Prior 0.3%
    
    
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    Canadian markets directory  CANADA 
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 (Reporting by Siddharth Athreya V in Bengaluru; Editing by
Sriraj Kalluvila)
 ((Siddharth.AthreyaV@thomsonreuters.com))