Stock futures in Toronto were lower on Wednesday, indicating the market was set to snap a four-day winning streak.
The S&P/TSX Composite held onto 23.11 points in gains to conclude Tuesday at 15,292.96, with futures off 0.1%.
The Canadian dollar improved 0.22 cents to 74.82 U.S. early Wednesday.
Indian telecommunications carrier Reliance Communications Ltd said it had signed a binding pact with Canada's Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP for selling a stake in its mobile phone tower business.
Two environmental groups on Tuesday filed for a judicial review of the Canadian government's decision to approve Kinder Morgan Inc's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the first legal challenge to the project since it received the green light last month.
Canaccord Genuity cut the target price on Amaya Inc. to $28.00 from $42.00
Canaccord Genuity raised the target price on SNC-Lavalin Group to $67.00 from $53.00
On the economic beat, Statistics Canada reported that average weekly earnings among Canadians were $954.00 in October, down 0.1% from the previous month and unchanged from 12 months earlier.
ON BAYSTREET
The TSX Venture Exchange doffed 3.87 points Tuesday to 716.87
ON WALLSTREET
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wednesday as traders remained unfazed by geopolitical tensions and eyed the Dow Jones' march toward 20,000.
Ahead of the opening bell, futures for the Dow Jones Industrials pulled ahead nine points, or 0.1%, to 19,908. Futures for the S&P 500 dipped 1.75 points, or 0.1%, to 2,265.75. NASDAQ futures fell 2.5 points, or 0.1%, at 4,953.50
On the earnings front, Bed Bath & Beyond, Micron, Red Hat, CalAmp and Herman Miller are due to report after the bell.
On the data front, Wednesday will see existing home sales data for November released at 10 a.m. ET.
European markets trundled a bit lower by noon on the continent, while in Asia, the Shanghai Composite in China closed 1.2% higher, while the Nikkei in Japan closed 0.3% lower.
Oil prices gained 34 cents to $53.64 U.S. a barrel
Gold prices took on $3.30 to $1,136.90 U.S. an ounce.
