Oct 10 (Reuters) - Canada's main index futures edged lower on Thursday, ahead of U.S.-China trade talks starting later in the day.
Top trade negotiators of the two countries were set to meet for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants threatened hopes for progress. futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.16% at 7:10 a.m. ET.
New Housing Price Index for August is due at 08:30 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX closed 0.53% higher at 16,379.87 on Wednesday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 0.19% at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were down 0.16% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were down 0.15%. .N
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp WEED.TO said appointed Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE:STZ) STZ.N Chief Financial Officer David Klein as the new chair of its board. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Enbridge Inc ENB.TO : Scotiabank raises target price to C$55.00 from C$52.00
NFI Group Inc NFI.TO : CIBC cuts target price to C$40 from C$41
Suncor Energy Inc SU.TO : Evercore ISI cuts target price to C$45 from C$50
COMMODITIES AT 7:05 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1506.9; fell 0.13 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $52.75; rose 0.3 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $58.41; rose 0.15 percent O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
0830 Core CPI mm, SA for Sep: Expected 0.2%; Prior 0.3%
0830 Core CPI yy, NSA for Sep: Expected 2.4%; Prior 2.4%
0830 CPI Index, NSA for Sep: Expected 256.859; Prior 256.558
0830 Core CPI Index, SA for Sep: Prior 264.25
0830 CPI mm, SA for Sep: Expected 0.1%; Prior 0.1%
0830 CPI yy, NSA for Sep: Expected 1.8%; Prior 1.7%
0830 Real weekly earnings mm for Sep: Expected 0.5%; Prior
0830 CPI mm NSA for Sep: Prior -0.010%
0830 CPI Index SA for Sep: Prior 256.300
0830 Initial jobless claims: Expected 219,000; Prior 219,000
0830 Jobless claims 4-week average: Prior 212,500
0830 Continued jobless claims: Expected 1.653 mln; Prior
.651 mln
1100 Cleveland Fed CPI for Sep: Prior 0.2%
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