Aug 27 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index edged higher on Monday after reassuring comments from U.S. Fed chief Jerome Powell and signs that negotiators are close to reaching a common position on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators are close to squaring away bilateral differences on the North American Free Trade Agreement and will resume talks on Monday morning, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Sunday. a symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Jerome Powell on Friday emphasised the central bank's push to raise interest rates despite President Donald Trump's criticism of higher borrowing costs. futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.11 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX index rose on Friday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up 0.3 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were up 0.25 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were up 0.36 percent. .N
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
The head of Germany's anti-trust office said he would have to review any plans to merge department store groups Kaufhof, owned by Canada's Hudson's Bay Company HBC.TO , and competitor Karstadt, owned by Austrian investor Rene Benko. unarmed security contract workers at Tahoe Resources Inc 's THO.TO Guatemalan unit were abducted late on Friday and held for hours before being released, the gold- and silver-mining company said. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Hardwoods Distribution Inc HDI.TO : Canaccord Genuity cuts price target to C$24 from C$26
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc ATDb.TO : Barclays (LON:BARC) raises price target to C$73 from C$72
COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCcv1 : $1211.1; -0.18 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $68.47; -0.36 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $75.58; -0.32 percent O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $6069; +1.38 percent MET/L
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON MONDAY
0830 National Activity Index for July: Prior 0.43
1030 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index for Aug: Prior 17
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