April 18 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index were slightly lower on Thursday, ahead of a long Easter weekend, after world markets erased this week's gains on fears of a slowdown in global growth following weak manufacturing surveys from Asia and Europe.
June futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.05 percent at 7:00 a.m. ET.
Retail sales data for February is due at 8:30 a.m. ET
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
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Almaden Minerals Ltd AMM.TO : National Bank of Canada cuts target price to C$1.20 from C$1.40
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) Canada Ltd KML.TO : CIBC raises price target to C$15 from C$14.75
Teck Resources Ltd TECKb.TO : Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) raises price target to $42 from $38
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1274.2; +0.03 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $63.84; +0.13 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $71.75; +0.18 percent O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
0830 Initial jobless claims: Expected 205,000; Prior 196,000
0830 Jobless claims 4-week average: Prior 207,000
0830 Continued jobless claims: Expected 1.720 mln; Prior 1.713 mln
0830 Philly Fed Business Index for April: Expected 10.4; Prior 13.7
0830 Philly Fed 6M Index for April: Prior 21.80
0830 Philly Fed Capex Index for April: Prior 19.50
0830 Philly Fed Employment for April: Prior 9.60
0830 Philly Fed Prices Paid for April: Prior 19.70
0830 Philly Fed New Orders for April: Prior 1.90
0830 Retail sales ex-autos mm for March: Expected 0.7 pct; Prior -0.4 pct
0830 Retail sales mm for March: Expected 0.9 pct; Prior -0.2 pct
0830 Retail ex gas/autos for March: Prior -0.6 pct
0830 Retail control for March: Expected 0.4 pct; Prior -0.2 pct
0830 Retail sales YoY for March: Prior 2.73 pct
0945 Markit Composite Flash PMI for April: Prior 54.6
0945 Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash for Apr: Expected 52.8; Prior 52.4
0945 Markit Services PMI Flash for April: Expected 55.0; Prior 55.3
1000 Business inventories mm for Feb: Expected 0.4 pct; Prior 0.8 pct
1000 Leading index change mm for March: Expected 0.4 pct; Prior 0.2 pct
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