April 17 (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening for Canada's main stock index on Tuesday, suggesting a return of risk appetite on waning worries about more U.S. strikes in Syria.
June futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.08 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
Data from Statistics Canada is expected to show a 1 percent rise in manufacturing sales in February after falling to its lowest in six months in January. Also expected is a report on foreign investment in Canadian securities for February ECONCA .
Both reports are due at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Canada's main stock index rose on Monday, led by industrial and financial shares, as fears waned of an escalating conflict in Syria following the weekend's U.S.-led air strikes. ID:nL1N1RT20D
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up 0.7 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures Esc1 rose 0.49 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were 0.48 percent higher. .N
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Canada's Alberta province on Monday edged closer to cutting off fuel shipments to neighboring British Columbia in an escalation of a row over the stalled C$7.4 billion expansion of the Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) Canada KML.TO Trans Mountain pipeline. ID:nL1N1RT1MK
COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCcv1 : $1,344.3; -0.47 pct GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $66.24; 0.03 pct O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $71.42; flat O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $6,839.5; -1.02 pct MET/L
ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
• Rogers Communications Inc RCIb.TO : Canaccord Genuity cuts target price to C$66 from C$71.
• Spartan Energy Corp SPE.TO : CIBC cuts target price to C$6.50 from C$8.
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
0830 Building permits: number for Mar: Expected 1.323 mln; Prior 1.321 mln
0830 Build permits: change mm for Mar: Prior -4.1 pct
0830 Housing starts number for Mar: Expected 1.262 mln; Prior 1.236 mln
0830 House starts mm: change for Mar: Prior -7.0 pct
0915 Industrial production mm for Mar: Expected 0.4 pct; Prior 0.9 pct
0915 Capacity utilization mm for Mar: Expected 77.9 pct; Prior 77.7 pct
0915 Manufacturing output mm for Mar: Expected 0.2 pct; Prior 1.3 pct
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