(Updates with economic data)
June 17 (Reuters) - Canada's Stock futures rose on Friday
after data showed annual inflation rate cooled in May on cheaper
gasoline and a slowdown in price increases for food.
The annual rate declined to 1.5 percent from April's 1.7
percent, data from Statistics Canada showed, falling a tad short
of economists' expectations for 1.6 percent. ECONCA
September futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.34
percent at 8:40 a.m. ET.
Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday as energy and
mining stocks dragged due to lower oil prices and a reversal in
bullion following the suspension of campaigning for Britain's
European Union referendum after a lawmaker was shot dead.
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were
down 0.01 percent at 8:40 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures
ESc1 were down 0.12 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures
NQc1 were down 0.07 percent. .N
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TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Saskatchewan is considering whether to end a review of its
potash royalty system, the economy minister of the Canadian
province said, as producers of the crop nutrient struggle with
low prices. AT 8:40 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc1 : $1,290.20; -0.46 pct GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $47.26; +2.27 pct O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $48.45; +2.67 pct O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $4,558.00; +0.51 pct MET/L
ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Gran Tierra Energy Inc GTE.TO : Canaccord Genuity raises
target to C$5 from C$4.50
West Fraser Timber Co Ltd WFT.TO : RBC cuts target price
to C$40 from C$54
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON FRIDAY
1030 ECRI Weekly Index: Prior 137.3
1030 ECRI weekly annualized: Prior 6.5 pct
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