April 15 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday as tension between Russia and Ukraine and signs of slowing growth in China weighed on investors.
June futures on the S&P TSX index <0#SXF:> were down 0.05 percent at 0715 ET.
Manufacturing Sales data is due at 0830 ET.
The index rebounded from last week’s weakness and advanced on Monday as oil and gold prices rose on concerns about instability in Ukraine, while data showed a rebound U.S. retail sales in March.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.10 percent, S&P 500 futures were up 0.09 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.04 percent at 0715 ET.
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COMMODITIES AT 0715 ET
Gold futures : $1,304.4; -1.72 pct
US crude : $103.08; -0.93 pct
Brent crude : $108.37; -0.64 pct
LME 3-month copper : $6,649.50; -0.26 pct
ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Kirkland Lake : CIBC cuts to sector underperformer rating
Transforce : Canaccord Genuity starts with target price of C$29
Tahoe Resources : Raymond James raises to outperform from market perform
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
0830 CPI mm, SA Mar: Expected +0.1 pct prior +0.1 pct
0830 CPI yy, NSA Mar: Expected +1.4 pct prior +1.1 pct
0830 Core CPI mm, SA Mar: Expected +0.1 pct prior +0.1 pct
0830 Core CPI yy, NSA Mar: Expected +1.6 pct prior +1.6 pct
0830 CPI Index, NSA Mar: Expected 236.06 prior 234.78
0830 Core CPI Index, SA Mar: Prior 236.12
0830 NY Fed Manufacturing Apr: Expected +8.00 prior +5.61
0855 Redbook mm: Prior -0.5 pct
0855 Redbook yy: Prior +2.9 pct
0900 Net L-T Flows,Exswaps Feb: Prior +7.3 bln
0900 Foreign Buying, T-Bonds Feb: Prior -0.6 bln
0900 Overall Net Capital Flow Feb: Prior +83.0 bln
0900 Net L-T Flows,Incl Swaps Feb: Prior -2.5 bln
1000 NAHB Housing Market Index Apr: Expected +50 prior +47
1130 Cleveland Fed CPI Mar: Prior +0.2 pct
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