CANADA STOCKS-TSX futures little changed after CPI and retail data

(Updates after CPI and retail sales data)

March 21 (Reuters) - Stock futures on Canada's main stock index were little changed on Friday after data showed higher-than-expected retail sales and a slower rate of annual inflation.

June futures on the S&P TSX index 0#SXF: were up 0.17 percent at 0845 ET, slightly below their level before the data.

Retail trade in January rose by a higher-than-expected 1.3 percent from December, partially recovering from the extreme weather-related decline the previous month. News Search ID:nSCLLEEAFY

Annual inflation eased to 1.1 percent in February from a 1-1/2-year high of 1.5 percent in January, but above the average market forecast of a 0.9 percent. News Search ID:nL2N0MH1S0

Banks led stocks higher on Thursday as investors bet on higher U.S. interest rates and a continuing recovery in the U.S. economy. In her first press conference as chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen on Wednesday indicated that the first increase in rates could come in the first half of next year.

Dow Jones industrial average futures DJc2 were up 0.31 percent At 0830 ET, S&P 500 futures SPc1 were up 0.23 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures NDc1 were up 0.26 percent. Href="NewsSearch">.N

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Private equity investment firm Onex Corp OCX.TO said it would sell The Warranty Group, a provider of extended warranty contracts, to an affiliate of TPG Capital Management LP for an enterprise value of about $1.5 billion. News Search ID:nL3N0MI2RB

Silver Wheaton Corp SLW.TO reported a 47 percent fall in quarterly profit due to a decline in metal prices, but forecast slightly higher production for the current year. News Search ID:nL3N0MH4OD

Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO provided an upbeat 2016 revenue forecast on Thursday despite its struggles to get its costly new Cseries jetliner into service. News Search ID:nL2N0MH1C6

Railway staff of Canadian National Railway Co CNR.TO narrowly voted against a strike-busting labor deal tentatively agreed upon by the company and union. News Search ID:nL2N0MI01Q

COMMODITIES AT 0830 ET Href="NewsSearch">COM/WRAP

Thomson Reuters-Jefferies CRB Index .TRJCRBTR : 300.5441; +0.12 pct

Gold futures GCc1 : $1,339.1; +0.65 pct Href="NewsSearch">GOL/

US crude CLc1 : $99.27; +0.37 pct Href="NewsSearch">O/R

Brent crude LCOc1 : $107.01; +0.53 pct Href="NewsSearch">O/R

LME 3-month copper CMCU3 : $6,528.75; +1.54 pct Href="NewsSearch">MET/L

ANALYST RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Href="NewsSearch">RCH/CA

Medical Facilities DR.TO : TD Securities raises to buy from hold; raises target price to C$21

Parex Resources PXT.TO : Canaccord Genuity raises to buy from hold; raises target price to C$10.50

Newalta Corp NAL.TO : CIBC cuts to sector performer from sector outperformer

U.S. ECONOMIC DATA DUE ON FRIDAY

1030 ECRI weekly index w/e: Prior 133.8

1030 ECRI weekly annualized for w/e: Prior +2.3 pct

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(Reporting by Ayesha Sruti Ahmed in Bangalore; Editing by Ted Kerr)

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