May 31 (Reuters) - Canada stock futures inched higher on Tuesday ahead of data that is expected to show economic growth likely picked in the first quarter after a weak fourth quarter.
Canada's gross domestic product is expected to have picked up to a 2.9 percent annualized rate in the first quarter. The data is due at 08:30 a.m. ET. ECONCA
June futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were up 0.07 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
Canada's main stock index edged lower on Monday as energy stocks retreated ahead of a meeting of oil producers later in the week, while mining stocks and financials also fell in a low-volume session. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were up 0.12 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were up 0.05 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were up 0.10 percent. .N
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TOP STORIES
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO said provisions for bad loans increased by 40 percent in the second quarter, compared with the previous quarter, driven primarily by exposure to the energy sector. Australian mining veteran who made investors billions with a shrewd bet on coal in Mozambique is aiming for another big score with Canada's Champion Iron CIA.AX CIA.TO , even as a global gush of new supply threatens to depress already slumping prices. AT 7:15 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1,212.60; -0.21 pct GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $49.49; +0.34 pct O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $49.51; -0.50 pct O/R
LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $4,661.00; -0.72 pct MET/L
ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ensign Energy Services Inc ESI.TO : Raymond James raises rating to "market perform"
Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TO : KBW raises target price to C$56 from C$52
Western Energy Services Corp WRG.TO : Raymond James raises rating to "outperform"
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON TUESDAY
0830 Personal consumption real mm for Apr: Prior 0.0 pct
0830 Personal income mm for Apr: Expected 0.4 pct; Prior 0.4 pct
0830 Consumption, adjusted mm for Apr: Expected 0.7 pct; Prior 0.1 pct
0830 Core PCE Price Index mm for Apr: Expected 0.2 pct; Prior 0.1 pct
0830 Core PCE Price Index yy for Apr: Prior 1.6 pct
0830 PCE Price Index mm for Apr: Prior 0.1 pct
0900 PCE Price Index yy for Apr: Prior 0.8 pct
0900 Case-Shiller 20 mm SA for Mar: Expected 0.8 pct; Prior 0.7 pct
0900 Case-Shiller 20 mm NSA for Mar: Expected 0.5 pct; Prior 0.2 pct
0900 Case-Shiller 20 yy for Mar: Expected 5.2 pct; Prior 5.4 pct
0945 Chicago PMI for May: Expected 50.9; Prior 50.4
1000 Consumer Confidence for May: Expected 96; Prior 94.2
1030 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index for May: Prior -13.9
($1= C$1.30)