Nov 8 (Reuters) - Stock futures for Canada's main stock index were little changed on Friday, ahead of key employment data due later in the day.
December futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.07% at 7:00 a.m. ET.
Employment data for October and building permits data for September are due at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE closed 0.36% higher at 16,805.75 on Thursday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 0.01% at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were down 0.06% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were down 0.12%. .N
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Auto parts maker Magna International Inc MG.TO cut its full-year financial outlook after quarterly sales missed estimates due to a fall in global automobile production and a labor strike at General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) GM.N , its biggest customer. Energy Corp TRP.TO estimates the Keystone oil pipeline can be partially restarted anytime from Sunday to Tuesday, pending regulatory approval, after a more than 9,000-barrel leak in rural North Dakota, shippers on the line said on Thursday. Ltd GEO.TO said on Thursday two of its employees were killed after an ambush near a Canadian-owned mine in Burkina Faso killed at least 37. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Altagas Canada Inc ACI.TO : CIBC cuts to neutral from outperformer
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd CTCa.TO : Scotiabank raises target price to C$164 from C$154
Medical Facilities Corp DR.TO : RBC cuts to underperform from sector perform
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1,462.1; -0.29% GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $56.29; -1.5% O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $61.28; -1.62% O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON FRIDAY
1000 U Mich Sentiment Preliminary for Nov: Expected 95.9; Prior 95.5
1000 U Mich Conditions Preliminary for Nov: Expected 112.5; Prior 113.2
1000 U Mich Expectations Preliminary for Nov: Expected 84.9; Prior 84.2
1000 (approx.) U Mich 1 year inflation preliminary for Nov: Prior 2.5%
1000 (approx.) U Mich 5-year inflation preliminary for Nov: Prior 2.3%
1000 Wholesale inventory, R mm for Sep: Expected -0.3%; Prior -0.3%
1000 Wholesale sales mm for Sep: Expected 0.1%; Prior 0.0%
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