Dec 24 (Reuters) - Canada stock index futures were little
changed on Thursday, ahead of a shortened trading session on
Christmas eve.
March futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.09
percent at 7:30 a.m. ET.
No major economic events are scheduled for the day ECONCA .
Canada's main stock index ended higher on Wednesday as a
fall in U.S. crude inventories boosted both oil prices and
shares of energy producers.
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up
0.12 percent at 7:30 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures
Esc1 were up 0.02 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1
were up 0.14 percent. .N
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TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Canadian gaming company Amaya Inc AYA.TO has been ordered
by a Kentucky court to pay $870 million in penalties to cover
alleged losses by the state's residents who played real-money
poker on PokerStars' website between 2006 and 2011.
The recent pact between Valeant Pharmaceuticals (N:VRX)
International Inc VRX.TO and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
WBA.O may salvage the drugmaker's relationships with
physicians, but is unlikely to fully restore Valeant's previous
revenue growth from high-priced, branded drugs, according to
doctors and investors.
COMMODITIES AT 7:30 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1,071.60; +0.31 pct GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $37.71; +0.56 pct O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $37.48; +0.40 pct O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $4,685.00; -0.74 pct MET/L
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
0830 Initial jobless claims: Expected 270,000; Prior 271,000
0830 Jobless claims 4-week average: Prior 270,500
0830 Continued jobless claims: Expected 2.210 mln; Prior
2.238 mln
1030 ECRI Weekly Index: Prior 131.1
1030 ECRI weekly annualized: Prior -0.6 pct
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