05-06-2015 13:31 via news.yahoo.com

TSX set for lower open ahead of jobs data

(Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a lower opening for Canada's main stock index on Friday as investors keenly await jobs data. June futures on the S&P TSX index were down 0.19 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET. Statistics Canada will release jobs data for May and the Canadian economy is forecast to have added jobs in the month, recovering just over half of the positions that were lost in April. The data is due at 8:30 a.m. ET . Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday as a tumble in oil
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