Oct 26 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index fell on Friday, tracking a slump in global markets and a decline in oil prices.
December futures on the S&P/TSX index SXFc1 were down 1.2 percent at 6:55 a.m. ET.
Budget balance data for August is due at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Oil prices dropped more than 1 percent, heading for a third weekly loss after Saudi Arabia warned of oversupply.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX .GSPTSE rose 14.95 points, or 0.10 percent, to 14,924.08 on Thursday. Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures 1YMc1 were down 0.9 percent at 6:55 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were down 1.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures NQc1 were down 2.1 percent. .N
TOP STORIES TOP/CAN
Belgian broadcast and video technology company, EVS Group EVSB.BR , does not know what Canadian rival Evertz ET.TO plans to do after taking a 3 percent stake in EVS this week, the Belgian company's chief told Belgian newspaper L'Echo. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RCH/CA
Calfrac Well Services Ltd CFW.TO : Evercore ISI raises price target to C$8 from C$7
IGM Financial Inc IGM.TO : Barclays (LON:BARC) cuts price target to C$34 from C$40
Vermilion Energy Inc VET.TO : Canaccord Genuity cuts price target to C$55 from C$60
COMMODITIES AT 6:55 a.m. ET COM/WRAP
Gold futures GCc2 : $1235.7; +0.5 percent GOL/
US crude CLc1 : $66.33; -1.49 percent O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 : $75.95; -1.22 percent O/R
U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON FRIDAY
0830 GDP advance for Q3: Expected 3.3 pct; Prior 4.2 pct
0830 GDP sales advance for Q3: Expected 2.0 pct; Prior 5.4 pct
0830 GDP cons spending advance for Q3: Prior 3.8 pct
0830 GDP deflator advance for Q3: Expected 2.1 pct; Prior 3.3 pct
0830 Core PCE prices advance for Q3: Expected 1.8 pct; Prior 2.1 pct
0830 PCE prices advance for Q3: Expected 2.0 pct; Prior 2.0 pct
1000 U Mich Sentiment Final for Oct: Expected 99; Prior 99
1000 U Mich Conditions Final for Oct: Expected 114.4; Prior 114.4
1000 U Mich Expectations Final for Oct: Expected 89.1; Prior 89.1
1000 (approx) U mich 1 year inflation final for Oct: Prior 2.8 pct
1000 (approx) U mich 5-year inflation final for Oct: Prior 2.3 pct
1030 (approx) ECRI Weekly Index : Prior 147.4
1030 (approx) ECRI weekly annualised : Prior 0.1 pct
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