Sept 12 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index were little changed on Thursday after oil prices fell, as a meeting of the OPEC+ alliance yielded no discussion about deepening supply cuts.
Also feeding bearish sentiment, the International Energy Agency, which advises industrial economies on energy policy, said surging U.S. output would make balancing the market "daunting" in 2020. futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.02% at 7:00 a.m. ET.
Canada's new housing price index data for July is due at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE rose 0.45% to 16,611.14 on Wednesday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up 0.19% at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were up 0.13% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were up 0.34%. .N
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Canadian company Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB.TO pushed back its profitability timeline to fiscal 2020 on Wednesday after missing its earlier target of the fourth quarter, blaming the slow roll-out of retail outlets for recreational marijuana. Inc ENB.TO called on Canada's energy regulator on Wednesday to ignore calls from some of its shippers and avoid intervening in the pipeline company's contentious proposal to revamp contracts on its Mainline network. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Roots Corp ROOT.TO : CIBC cuts price target to C$3 from C$4.50
TMX Group Ltd X.TO : Scotiabank raises price target to C$130 from C$122
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1503.8; + 0.48% GOL/
U.S. crude CLc1 : $55.27; -0.86% O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $60.13; -1.12% O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
0830 Core CPI mm, SA for Aug: Expected 0.2%; Prior 0.3%
0830 Core CPI yy, NSA for Aug: Expected 2.3%; Prior 2.2%
0830 CPI Index, NSA for Aug: Expected 256.582; Prior 256.571
0830 Core CPI Index, SA for Aug: Prior 263.57
0830 CPI mm, SA for Aug: Expected 0.1%; Prior 0.3%
0830 CPI yy, NSA for Aug: Expected 1.8%; Prior 1.8%
0830 Real weekly earnings mm for Aug: Prior -0.3%
0830 (approx.) CPI mm NSA for Aug: Prior 0.170%
0830 (approx.) CPI Index SA for Aug: Prior 256.160
0830 Initial jobless claims: Expected 215,000; Prior 217,000
0830 Jobless claims 4-week average: Prior 216,250
0830 Continued jobless claims: Expected 1.690 mln; Prior 1.662 mln
1100 (approx.) Cleveland fed CPI for Aug: Prior 0.3%
1400 Federal budget for Aug: Expected -$195.00 bln; Prior -$120.00 bln
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