Futures for Canada's main stock index rose on Tuesday, aided by gains in crude and bullion prices, although concerns around soaring inflation and a global slowdown capped their rise.
The S&P/TSX triumphed 106.6 points to close Monday at 20,206.41
June futures hiked 0.9% Tuesday.
The Canadian dollar climbed 0.18 cents to 77.99 cents U.S.
RBC raised the target price on Emera Inc. to $72.00 from $66.00
CIBC cut the target price on Royal Bank of Canada to $146.00 from $149.00
CIBC cuts target price on Toronto-Dominion Bank to $100.00 from $103.00
On the economic slate, Statistics Canada reported foreign investors acquired $46.9 billion of Canadian securities in March, the largest investment since April 2020.
At the same time, Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $24.0 billion, following a $9.9-billion divestment in February.
Meanwhile, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reported housing starts spiked 8% over a month earlier to 267,330 units in April above market expectations of 246,400 units.
CHMC also said urban starts surged by 10% to 245,324 units in April, as multi-unit urban starts climbed by 14% to 178,092 units and single-detached urban starts increased by 1% to 67,232 units
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The TSX Venture Exchange emerged ahead 3.89 points to 700.54.
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U.S. stock futures were sharply higher on Tuesday morning as the market tried to bounce after a punishing bear market for the tech-heavy NASDAQ and a 19% pullback for the S&P 500.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials gained 381 points, or 1.2%, to 32,540
Futures for the S&P 500 popped 61.5 points, or 1.5%, to 4,066.
Futures for the NASDAQ Composite Index leaped 236.50 points, or 1.9%, to 12,481.25.
Those gains come on the back of several big movers in Tuesday pre-market trading. Citigroup shares jumped 5% in premarket trading after a filing revealed Monday evening that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway added a near-$3-billon stake in the struggling bank in the first quarter.
Citi shares have underperformed the rest of the financial sector in the past 12 months, down nearly 40% while the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund is off by 12% over the same period.
Other bank stocks climbed higher on the Citi news. Shares of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase rose 1% in pre-market trading.
Travel stocks popped in the premarket after United Airlines raised its revenue outlook for the second quarter on improved consumer demand. United Airlines’ stock price rose 4%, Delta’s jumped 3% and American Airlines’ jumped 3%.
Home Depot shares rose more than 3% in the premarket after the home improvement retailer posted better-than-expected quarterly results. The company also raised its full-year outlook.
Semiconductor stocks climbed higher in pre-market trading. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices jumped more than 3% following an upgrade from Piper Sandler, which said the stock looked attractive after falling 34.5% this year. Nvidia’s stock price rose 3%, Qualcomm’s jumped 2.4% and Micron Technology’s rose 2%.
Investors were also watching out for retail sales numbers hitting at 8:30 a.m. ET. Those figures will give a clue as to how well the consumer is faring with surging U.S. inflation that has prompted the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gathered 0.4% Tuesday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng spiked 3.3%.
Oil prices picked up $1.14 to $115.34 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices hiked $19.90 to $1,833.90 U.S. an ounce.
