April 13 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index looked set to extend losses from previous session on Thursday, with June futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 down 0.15 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
Weakness in financial and natural resource sectors weighed on Canada's main stock index on Wednesday, offsetting a sharp boost in BlackBerry Ltd's shares after it won an arbitration ruling against chipmaker Qualcomm Inc . home prices index and data on manufacturing sales is due at 8:30 a.m. ET ECONCA .
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 0.19 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were down 0.29 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were up/down 0.27 percent. .N
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TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc QCOM.O said on Wednesday it was asked to refund Canada's BlackBerry Ltd BB.TO $814.9 million in an arbitration over royalties for certain past sales. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Medical Facilities Corp DR.TO : RBC cuts rating to "sector perform" from "outperform"
Rogers Communications RCIb.TO : Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) raises target price to C$61 from C$54
TFI International Inc TFII.TO : RBC cuts rating to "sector perform" from "outperform"
COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc1 : $1286.3; +0.86 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $53.17; +0.11 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $55.96; +0.18 percent O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $5688; +1.07 percent MET/L
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
08:30 Initial jobless claims: Expected 245,000; Prior 234,000
08:30 Jobless claim 4 week average: Prior 250,000
08:30 Continued jobless claim: Expected 2.028 mln; Prior 2.028 mln
08:30 PPI final demand yy for Mar: Expected 2.4 pct; Prior 2.2 pct
08:30 PPI final demand mm for Mar: Expected 0.0 pct; Prior 0.3 pct
08:30 PPI ex food/energy yy for Mar: Expected 1.8 pct; Prior 1.5 pct
08:30 PPI ex food/energy mm for Mar: Expected 0.2 pct; Prior 0.3 pct
08:30 PPI ex food/energy/transport yy for Mar: Prior 1.8 pct
08:30 PPI ex food/energy/transport mm for Mar: Prior 0.3 pct
10:00 U Mich Sentiment Preliminary for Apr: Expected 96.5; Prior 96.9
10:00 U Mich Conditions Preliminary for Apr: Expected 112.4; Prior 113.2
10:00 U Mich Expectations Preliminary for Apr: Expected 86.0; Prior 86.5
10:00 U Mich 1 year inflation preliminary for Apr: Prior 2.5 pct
10:00 U Mich 5-year inflation preliminary for Apr: Prior 2.4 pct
10:30 ECRI Weekly Index: Prior 145.0
10:30 ECRI weekly annualized: Prior 7.5 pct
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