The Art Deco facade of the original Toronto Stock Exchange building is seen on Bay Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Futures for Canada’s main stock index rose on Friday as oil prices gained on optimism of a demand recovery, overshadowing concerns about more supply from Iran once sanctions are lifted.
Brent crude was up 0.37% at $69.72 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 0.55% to $67.22.
June-quarter futures on the S&P/TSX index were up 0.34% at 7:00 a.m. ET.
Canada’s budget balance data for March is due at 11:00 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index (.GSPTSE) ended 0.15% higher at 19,774.41 on Thursday.
At 7:00 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were up 0.5% and S&P 500 e-mini futures had gained 0.39%. Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures rose 0.38%.
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ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO): BMO raises target price to C$139 from C$131
Cenovus Energy Inc (CVE.TO): Citigroup cuts price target to C$12 from C$13
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO): Credit Suisse raises price target to C$142 from C$131
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET
Gold futures : $1,892.9; -0.14%
US crude : $67.22; +0.55%
Brent crude : $69.72; +0.37%
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON FRIDAY
0830 Personal income mm for Apr : Expected -14.1%; Prior 21.1%
0830 Personal consumption real mm for Apr: Prior 3.6%
0830 Consumption, adjusted mm for Apr : Expected 0.5%; Prior 4.2%
0830 Core PCE price index mm for Apr : Expected 0.6%; Prior 0.4%
0830 Core PCE price index yy for Apr : Expected 2.9%; Prior 1.8%
0830 PCE price index mm for Apr : Prior 0.5%
0830 PCE price index yy for Apr : Prior 2.3%
0830 Advance goods trade balance for Apr : Prior -90.60 bln
0830 Wholesale inventories advance for Apr : Prior 1.3%
0830 Retail inventories ex-auto advance for Apr : Prior 0.6%
0945 Chicago PMI for May : Expected 68.0; Prior 72.1
1000 U Mich Sentiment Final for May : Expected 82.9; Prior 82.8
1000 U Mich Conditions Final for May : Prior 90.8
1000 U Mich Expectations Final for May : Prior 77.6
1000 U Mich 1 year inflation final for May : Prior 4.6%
1000 U Mich 5-year inflation final for May : Prior 3.1%
1200 Dallas fed PCE for Apr : Prior 2.0%
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