April 15 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index edged lower on Monday, as oil prices halted their rally on mixed signals over global supply.
June futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.04 percent at 7:00 a.m. ET.
Brent futures fell below $71 per barrel on signals that Russia may exit production cuts. O/R
"I would expect oil to trade in a relatively tight band around $70 per for the time being," said Virendra Chauhan, oil analyst at Energy Aspects in Singapore. Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX .GSPTSE rose 81.06 points, or 0.49 percent, to 16,480.53 on Friday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up 0.16 percent at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were flat and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were down 0.06 percent. .N
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Lundin Mining LUN.TO said it plans to buy one of Yamana Gold's YRI.TO gold-copper mines in Brazil for more than $1 billion. Energy VET.TO will drill its first two exploration wells in Croatia in June, a senior official from the company said. Aerospace and Bombardier BBDb.TO are trotting out their longest-range business jets at an Asian air show this week, as they compete for orders from China's growing elite, despite the country's slowing economy. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc ATDb.TO : RBC raises target price to C$88 from C$85
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd KL.TO : Eight Capital raises rating to "buy" from "neutral"
Manulife Financial Corp MFC.TO : Desjardins raises target price to C$28 from C$27
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1286.7; -0.43 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $63.35; -0.85 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $70.98; -0.8 percent O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON MONDAY
0830 NY Fed Manufacturing for Apr: Expected 6.70; Prior 3.70
1600 Net L-T flows,exswaps for Feb: Prior -7.2 bln
1600 Foreign buying, T-bonds for Feb: Prior 23.0 bln
1600 Overall net capital flows for Feb: Prior -143.7 bln
1600 Net L-T flows,inclusion swaps for Feb: Prior -19.7 bln
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