Dec 27 (Reuters) - Stock futures for Canada's main index gained on Thursday, supported by higher gold prices.
March futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were up 1.2 percent at 7:20 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite index .GSPTSE fell 60.5 points, or 0.43 percent, at 13,874.94 on Monday. The bourse will resume trading today, after holiday for the last two days.
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 1.7 percent at 7:29 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were down 1.6 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were down 1.6 percent. .N
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A Chinese court will try a Canadian citizen on drugs charges on Saturday, a government-run news portal said, in a case that could further test already deteriorating relations between Beijing and Ottawa. AT 7:32 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Reuters/CRB Index Total Return .TRCCRBTR : 178.0048; fell 0.6389 percent
Gold futures GCcv1 : $1269.5; rose 0.04 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $45.36; fell 1.86 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $53.38; fell 2 percent O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON THURSDAY
0830 Initial Jobless Claims: Expected 217,000; Prior 214,000
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