Canadian stock futures climbed on Tuesday, buoyed by the continued rally in precious metals, while investors turned their attention to key economic data from the U.S. expected later in the day.
The TSX accelerated 244.33 points to end Monday at 32,000.10.
The Canadian dollar catapulted 0.28 cents to 73.01 cents U.S.
Futures sprang 0.4% Tuesday.
The TSX is poised to deliver its strongest annual performance since 2009, with the mining and gold sub-indexes having more than doubled this year.
Among other developments, Australia's Goodman Group has struck a $9.32-billion partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to build data centers across Europe.
On the economic scene, Statistics Canada reported real gross domestic product contracted 0.3% in October on a broad-based decline across sectors.
ON BAYSTREET
The TSX Venture Exchange prospered 7.36 points Monday to 985.34.
ON WALLSTREET
Stock futures traded near the flatline Tuesday after a strong start to a shortened trading week.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials ditched 38 points, or 0.1%, to 48,650.
Futures for the S&P 500 faded 4.75 points, or 0.1%, to 6,925.50.
Futures for the NASDAQ doffed 25.25 points, or 0.1%, to 25,667
The broader index is coming off of its third winning session, boosted by a 1.5% jump in chipmaking giant Nvidia and advances in Micron and Oracle.
Ten out of 11 sectors saw gains in the session. Materials and financials were the top performing sectors, with Newmont and Freeport-McMoRan jumping 3% as gold and silver futures hit records.
The New York Stock Exchange will close early on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET on Christmas Eve and will be closed Thursday for Christmas Day.
Overseas, the Nikkei 225 in Japan captured 10 points Tuesday, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index dipped 0.1%.
Oil prices added 15 cents to $58.16.
Gold prices hurtled higher $54.60 to $4,524.
