Jan 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index futures rose on Friday after the World Health Organisation stopped short of calling the coronavirus outbreak in China a global emergency.
March futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.2% at 7:00 a.m. ET.
Canadian retail sales data for November is due at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX index .GSPTSE ended 0.12% higher at 17,621.78 on Thursday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up 0.29% at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were up 0.24% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were up 0.35%. .N
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Tanzania signed agreements with Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp ABX.TO which aim to end a long-running and costly tax dispute, giving the state a holding in three gold mines whose output is among the country's biggest export earners. NESN.S has teamed up with Canadian plant-based food ingredient makers Burcon BU.TO and Merit to speed up innovation in the fast-growing business segment, it said on Friday. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
CGI Inc GIBa.TO : RBC raises target price to C$125 from C$115
Exchange Income Corp EIF.TO : National Bank of Canada raises target price to C$54 from C$47
COMMODITIES AT 7:00 a.m. ET
Gold futures GCc2 : $1,559.1; -0.40% GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $55.39; -0.36% O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $61.72; -0.53% O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON FRIDAY
0945 Markit Composite Flash PMI for Jan: Prior 52.7
0945 Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash for Jan: Expected 52.5; Prior 52.4
0945 Markit Services PMI Flash for Jan: Expected 52.9; Prior 52.8
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