dec 6 reuters  futures for canadas main stock index rose on monday tracking stronger crude prices as concerns around the omicron coronavirus variant eased although gains were limited by weakness in bullion december futures on the sptsx index were up 04 at 700 am et oil rose by more than 1 a barrel to above 71 as hopes that the omicron coronavirus variant may cause mostly mild symptoms boosted riskier assets meanwhile gold inched lower pressured by a stronger dollar and rising expectations that the us federal reserve could reduce its asset purchases at a faster pace the toronto stock exchanges sptsx composite index gsptse ended 06 lower at 2063327 on friday recording its biggest weekly drop since january dow eminis were up 198 points or 057 at 700 am et while sp 500 eminis were up 1025 points or 023 and nasdaq 100 eminis were down 5575 points or 035 canadian national railway co cnrto said on sunday it resumed operations in the crucial kamloopstovancouver corridor in the floodhit province of british columbia read more canadas trans mountain pipeline will restart operations on sunday weeks after shutting down during a recordbreaking rainstorm in british columbia that washed out road and railways trans mountain corp ricrictmcul said in a statement on saturday read more bank of montreal bmoto rbc raises target price to c154 from c146 first quantum minerals ltd fmto cibc cuts target price to c37 from c3850 teck resources ltd teckbto cibc raises target price to c42 from c40 commodities at 700 am et reporting by amal s in bengaluru editing by vinay dwivedi