Nov 19 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index was little changed on Monday amid conflicting signals of a potential truce in the U.S.-China trade dispute.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said he might not impose more tariffs on Chinese goods after Beijing sent a list of measures it was willing to take to resolve trade tensions.
However, over the weekend, deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment stymied cooperation among Asia-Pacific leaders, who failed to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea. futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.03 percent at 7:00 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX rose 10.62 points, or 0.07 percent, to 15,155.50, on Friday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 0.42 percent at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were down 0.43 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were down 0.48 percent. .N
ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
First Quantum Minerals Ltd FM.TO : JP Morgan raises price target to C$16 from C$15.20
Premium Brands Holdings Corp PBH.TO : CIBC cuts rating to neutral and price target to C$82 from C$126
Tahoe Resources Inc THO.TO : TD Securities revises rating to tender from hold; raises target price to C$4.50 from C$3.75
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1221.1; fell 0.16 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $56.54; rose 0.14 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $66.69; fell 0.1 percent O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON MONDAY
1000 NAHB Housing Market Index for Nov: Expected 67; Prior 68
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