Canada Stocks: TSX futures little changed ahead of Trump's Iran decision

Titan Mining

08/05/2018 12:27

May 8 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock exchange
were little changed on Tuesday, as investors awaited an
announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump later in the day on
whether the United States will reimpose sanctions on Iran.
    Trump will announce whether he will pull out of the Iran
nuclear deal or stay in and work with European allies who have
struggled to persuade him that it has successfully halted Iran's
nuclear ambitions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SE23D
    June futures on the S&P TSX index  SXFc1  were up 0.1
percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
    Annualized housing starts data for April is due at 8:15 a.m.
ET.
    The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX  .GSPTSE  rose 79.23
points, or 0.50 percent, to 15,808.63.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1SE5WY
    Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures  1YMc1  were
down 0.36 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures
 ESc1  were down 0.39 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures
 NQc1  were down 0.46 percent.  .N 
    
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    TOP STORIES  TOP/CAN 
    Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc  VRX.TO , reported
a first-quarter loss compared with a year-ago profit on Tuesday
and said it would change its name to Bausch Health Companies
Inc.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4FS
    Canada's WestJet Airlines Ltd  WJA.TO  reported a
first-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates on Tuesday
as expenses rose due to higher fuel prices.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF49P
    Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Shell Gas B.V.  RDSa.L  unit said on
Monday it was selling its entire stake in Canadian Natural
Resources Ltd  CNQ.TO  for $3.3 billion.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF00A
   
    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Inter Pipeline Ltd  IPL.TO : CIBC cuts price target to C$31
from C$32
    Morneau Shepell Inc  MSI.TO : National Bank of Canada raises
target to C$28 from C$26
    Titan Mining Corp  TI.TO : National Bank of Canada starts
with C$2 price target
    
    COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1,310.1; -0.3 pct  GOL/ 
    U.S. crude  CLc1 : $69.79; -1.33 pct  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $75.32; -1.12 pct  O/R 
    LME 3-month copper  CMCU3 : $6,757.5; -1 pct  MET/L 
    
    U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
    1000 JOLTS job openings for Mar: Prior 6.052 mln
    
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