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Investors also awaited manufacturing data for Canada due at 9:30
a.m. ET to gauge the pace of the country's economic growth.
September futures on the resource-heavy S&P/TSX index were down
0.8% at 7:15 a.m. ET.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended July
4.4% higher as company earnings impressed investors, and
preliminary data showed a more-than-expected growth in the
Canadian economy in the second quarter. [.TO]
Toronto markets were closed on Monday for a holiday.
Energy and metal prices fell on tensions between China and the
United States and as weak factory data across the United States,
Europe and Asia pushed investors to safer assets. [O/R] [MET/L]
Meanwhile, U.S. futures fell on Tuesday amid a broader risk-off
mood across the global markets on concerns that Pelosi's trip to
Taiwan could increase tensions between China and the United
States.
Dow e-minis were down 194 points, or 0.59% at 07:15 a.m. ET,
while S&P 500 e-minis were down 27.25 points, or 0.66% and
Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 99.5 points, or 0.77%. [.N]
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar in Bengaluru; Editing by
Vinay Dwivedi)
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