May 16 (Reuters) - Futures of Canada's main stock index were slightly higher on Tuesday as oil extended gains and commodity prices rose.
June futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.07 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
No economic data is scheduled for the day. ECONCA
Canada's main stock index rallied on Monday, powered in part by Royal Bank of Canada RY.TO , which helped the heavily weighted financial stocks, and energy gains fueled by a jump in oil prices. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up 0.16 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were up 0.07 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were up 0.11 percent. .N
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TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
BCE Inc BCE.TO , Canada's largest telecommunications company, said a hacker had accessed customer information containing about 1.9 million active email addresses and about 1,700 names and active phone numbers. to small Canadian businesses was little changed in March compared to the month before, though borrowing by medium-sized companies jumped as they benefited from a recovery in the energy sector, data showed on Tuesday. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Premium Brands Holdings Corp PBH.TO : BMO raises price target to C$95 from C$83
Storm Resources Ltd SRX.V : CIBC raises price target to C$5.75 from C$5.25
COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1,233.9; +0.33 pct GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $49.12; +0.53 pct O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $52.08; +0.5 pct O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $5,587.00; -0.46 pct MET/L
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
0830 Building permits - number for Apr: Expected 1.270 million; Prior 1.267 million
0830 Build permits - change mm for Apr: Prior 4.2 percent
0830 Housing starts number mm for Apr: Expected 1.260 million; Prior 1.215 million
0830 House starts mm - Change for Apr: Prior -6.8 percent
0915 Industrial production mm for Apr: Expected 0.4 percent; Prior 0.5 percent
0915 Capacity utilization mm for Apr: Expected 76.3 percent; Prior 76.1 percent
0915 Manufacturing output mm for Apr: Expected 0.3 percent; Prior -0.4 percent
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