Sept 25 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index futures inched higher on Monday as oil prices rose after major producers said at a meeting that the global market was well on its way towards rebalancing.
December futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.04 percent at 7:20 a.m. ET.
Canada's main stock index was flat on Friday but ended the week up 1.9 percent as the heavyweight financials group gained ground, offsetting losses for telecom shares. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 0.03 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were up 0.04 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were down 0.06 percent. .N
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U.S. trade negotiators will only partially unveil new text on modifying a key chapter on investment under NAFTA, two well-placed sources said on Sunday, underlying the cautious pace of talks that are supposed to wrap up by the end of the year. Corporation Of Saskatchewan Inc POT.TO has hired Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and BofA Merrill Lynch to explore selling its 32 percent stake in Chile's Sociedad Quimica Y Minera SQM_pb.SN , Chilean paper La Tercera reported on Saturday. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Norbord Inc OSB.TO : RBC raises target price to C$58 from C$50
Polaris Materials Corp PLS.TO : Eight Capital raises price target to C$3.40 from C$2.79
COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc1 : $1293.1; -0.02 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $50.94; +0.55 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $57.58; +1.27 percent O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $6466.5; +0.15 percent MET/L
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON MONDAY
0830 National Activity Index for August: Prior -0.01
1030 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index for September: Prior 17.00
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