Weakness in commodities and Canadian financial stocks helped the Toronto stock market slide into the red Thursday, capping a holiday-shortened trading week.
Stock futures pointed to a lower opening for Canada's main stock index on Tuesday after deadly blasts in Brussels dampened investor sentiment and prompted a flight towards safe-haven assets such as gold.
June futures on the S&P TSX index SXFc1 were down 0.45 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
No major economic events are scheduled for the day.
