Canada Stocks: Futures up as oil prices stabilise

Uni-Select

15/11/2018 12:34

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index
edged higher on Thursday on stabilising oil prices, along with
signs of easing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
    December futures on the S&P/TSX index  SXFc1  were up 0.1
percent at 6:55 a.m. ET.
    The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index  .GSPTSE 
closed marginally up 1.34 points, or 0.01 percent, at 15,133.12,
on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZXN0LFV00
    Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures  1YMc1  were up
0.42 percent at 6:56 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures
 ESc1  were up 0.38 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures  NQc1 
were up 0.66 percent.  .N 
    
     
    TOP STORIES  TOP/CAN 
    Detour Gold Corp  DGC.TO  said on Thursday it agreed to name
two of investor Paulson & Co's nominees to its board as it looks
to end a proxy fight with the hedge fund that had called for a
complete overhaul of the board.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1XP7O7
    Cornershop, a Latin American grocery delivery app being
acquired by Walmart, plans to expand into Canada early next year
as a test market for the United States, an executive for the
three-year-old mobile app said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1XP28Y
    Suncor Energy Inc  SU.TO  said on Wednesday its chief
executive will retire mid-next year, with the company's chief
operating officer taking over the top job at that time.
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    ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS  RCH/CA 
    Boyd Group Income Fund  BYD_u.TO : CIBC cuts price target to
C$132 from C$134
    Loblaw Companies Ltd  L.TO : CIBC raises price target to
C$70 from C$69
    Uni-Select Inc  UNS.TO : National Bank of Canada cuts price
target to C$25 from C$26.50
    
    COMMODITIES AT 6:55 a.m. ET  COM/WRAP 
    Gold futures  GCc2 : $1,210.1; unchanged  GOL/ 
    US crude  CLc1 : $56.33; rose 0.14 percent  O/R 
    Brent crude  LCOc1 : $66.66; rose 0.82 percent  O/R 
    
    
    U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
    0830 NY Fed Manufacturing for Nov: Expected 20.00; Prior
21.10
    0830 Import prices mm for Oct: Expected 0.1 pct; Prior 0.5
pct
    0830 Export prices mm for Oct: Expected 0.1 pct; Prior 0.0
pct
    0830 Initial jobless claims: Expected 215,000; Prior 214,000
    0830 Jobless claims 4-week average #N/A
    0830 Continued jobless claims : Expected 1.630 mln; Prior
1.623 mln
    0830 Philly Fed Business Index for Nov: Expected 20.0; Prior
22.2
    0830 Philly Fed 6M Index for Nov: Prior 33.80
    0830 Philly Fed Capex Index for Nov: Prior 25.20
    0830 Philly Fed Employment for Nov: Prior 19.50
    0830 Philly Fed Prices Paid for Nov: Prior 38.20
    0830 Philly Fed New Orders for Nov: Prior 19.30
    0830 Retail sales ex-autos mm for Oct: Expected 0.5 pct;
Prior -0.1 pct
    0830 Retail sales mm for Oct: Expected 0.5 pct; Prior 0.1
pct
    0830 Retail ex gas/autos for Oct: Expected 0.4 pct; Prior
0.0 pct
    0830 Retail control for Oct: Expected 0.4 pct; Prior 0.5 pct
    0830 Retail sales yoy for Oct: Prior 4.72 pct
    1000 Business inventories mm for Sep: Expected 0.3 pct;
Prior 0.5 pct
    1000 Retail inventories ex-auto rev for Sep: Prior -0.1 pct

    
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    TSX market report  .TO 
    Canadian dollar and bonds report  CAD/   CA/ 
    Reuters global stocks poll for Canada  EQUITYPOLL1 
 EPOLL/CA 
    Canadian markets directory  CANADA 
    
    ($1 = C$1.32)

 (Reporting by Siddharth Athreya V in Bengaluru; Editing by
James Emmanuel)