March 18 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday, weighed by weaker gold prices as climbing U.S. Treasury yields and a firmer dollar dented demand for the precious metal.
March futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.18% at 7:00 a.m. ET. Spot gold XAU= was down 0.6%.
Data of new housing price index is due at 08:30 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE ended 0.58% higher at 18,983.10 on Wednesday.
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 0.21% at 7:00 a.m. ET. S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were down 0.33% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 fell 1.05%. .N
ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
IMV Inc IMV.TO : National Bank of Canada cuts price target to C$5.25 from C$7
Information Services Corp ISV.TO : CIBC raises price target to C$25 from C$20.50
Precision Drilling Corp PD.TO : Citigroup (NYSE:C) raises price target to C$33 from C$30
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET
Gold futures GCc2 : $1732.3; +0.3% GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $64.48; -0.2% O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $67.87; -0.16% O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
0830 Initial jobless claim: Expected 700,000; Prior 712,000
0830 Jobless claim 4week average: Prior 759,000
0830 Continue jobless claim: Expected 4.070 mln; Prior 4.144 mln
0830 Philly Fed Business Index for Mar: Expected 23.0; Prior 23.1
0830 Philly Fed 6M Index for Mar: Prior 39.50
0830 Philly Fed Capex Index for Mar: Prior 25.20
0830 Philly Fed Employment for Mar: Prior 25.30
0830 Philly Fed Prices Paid for Mar: Prior 54.40
0830 Philly Fed New Orders for Mar: Prior 23.40
1000 Leading index change mm for Feb: Expected 0.3%; Prior 0.5%
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