(Reuters) - Futures tracking Canada's resources-heavy main stock index rose on Thursday, helped by higher oil prices, while investors awaited more U.S.
September futures on the S&P/TSX index were up 0.5% at 8:03 a.m. ET , mirroring gains in their U.S. counterparts. [.N]
Investors awaited U.S. price consumption expenditure data for July, the Fed's preferred inflation measure, due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Investors would also be looking out for Canada's second-quarter GDP data due on Friday, ahead of the Bank of Canada's monetary policy meeting next week.
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