Canadian stock index futures edged lower Tuesday as persistently high inflation, softer gold prices and trade tensions with the US weighed. The TSX fell 247.72 points Monday to 35,928.63, retreating from a three-week high after September's domestic inflation came in above the Bank of Canada's upper limit. Traders now price in nearly an 85% chance of a rate hike next week. On Wall Street, U.S. stock futures were mixed as AI-linked names came under selling pressure. Oil rose $5.84 to $109.50 a barrel, while gold fell $20.00 to $4,140.10 an ounce.
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